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TIL that Sammy Byrd is the only person to have played in a World Series of baseball and competed in golf's Masters Tournament.

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e07PJ TIL Sun Tzu had to train the king's concubines as soldiers, so he chose 2 as captains & gave an order, but they all just giggled. He ordered the captains' death, to the king's protests. Sun Tzu said he had to complete his mission. The captains were killed & the squads then performed perfectly.
XEdE TIL that 10 years ago an eight-year-old boy had his arm bitten off by a shark. His uncle got mad and grabbed the 7-foot-long shark and dragged it to shore. The shark was killed, the arm removed from it’s stomach, and reattached to the boy, who made a full recovery.
JYAZv TIL in the early 19th century, railroads were often built with iron straps, which had a tendency to come loose and impale passengers through the floor of railroad cars. They were known as "snake heads".
kDR7 TIL Indian housewives hold $600 billion worth of gold - more than the reserves of USA, IMF, Switzerland and Germany combined.
KYXk4 TIL Camels first evolved in North America