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TIL that Major League Baseball pitcher Ed Porray is the only player in league history to not be born in a country. He was born on a fishing boat in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on December 5th, 1888. His birth certificate lists "At sea, on the Atlantic Ocean" as his birthplace.

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J1bm4 TIL about neuroparasitology, a form of parasitism in which the parasite gains control over the host's neural system and nervous system, enabling manipulation and influence over the host's behavioural patterns in order to complete its life cycle and provide sustenance for its progeny.
7yJr TIL the crew of a US destroyer threw potatoes at a surfaced Japanese submarine that was too close to attack. This distracted the submarine’s crew, allowing the destroyer to steam far enough away to shoot the submarine and sink it.
rNWay TIL: du Coudray, a midwife that saw dangerous childbirth practices in the 1700s. She made a cloth model .. with a uterus, placenta, etc…and real pelvic bones. It mimicked contractions and fluid seen during childbirth. She made textbook drawings for midwives to follow even if they couldn’t read.
6ElRJ TIL that Jupiter's magnetosphere is much larger than the sun, it reaches the outer orbit of Saturn, and if it was visible in the night sky, it would be twice the size of a full moon. You can sometimes hear it on a radio station.
WkVO8 TIL there is an french delicacy in which an ortolan songbird is caught in a cage, forced to gorge on grain, drowned in cognac, and then consumed while covering your head with a napkin to hide your shame from god.