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TIL that the South Korean baseball association banned players from placing a cabbage leaf under their hats during games. Except with the provision of a doctor's note in advance.

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PY4dn TIL The Chinese Paddlefish, One Of World's Largest Fish, Has Been Confirmed To Have Gone Extinct, after having been around for at least 200 million years.
KOQba TIL Peter Benchley regretted writing JAWS. Later in life, he became an ocean activist and wrote books advocating shark conservation.
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