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TIL A bullet struck the Cleveland Indians team bus in 2004. It hit pitcher Kyle Denney in the calf, but his injury was mitigated by the boots he was wearing as part of his cheerleader outfit for a rookie hazing ritual.

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vv7R TIL - That many people who get new, often free home’s through “Extreme Home Makeover” end up taking out second mortgages they can’t afford, and then lose their home.
dD5YZ TIL: In India, the Gulabi Gang is a female vigilante group whose purpose is to protect women of all castes using violent and nonviolent means where the law doesn't. They wield sticks and gang up to beat abusive husbands with a "100%" success rate.
dgrB TIL on September 11th, 1973, the CIA backed a military coup to overthrow the democratically elected government of Chile and install a military junta
5DwB TIL less than two years after getting fired from SNL, Norm Macdonald returned as a host and went on to ridicule the show during the opening monologue.
xAV1 TIL that to eliminate all the elusive invasive goats in the Galapagos, researchers attached a radio-collar to a ‘Judas goat’ who would, because of its gregarious nature, seek out other goats. It was then tracked down, the group killed, but with the 'traitor’ left alive in order to find more goats.