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TIL A sheep in New Zealand managed to avoid sheering for six years by hiding in caves

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nVbW TIL On this day in 1931, 17-year-old Jackie Mitchell struck out both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig during an exhibition game against the Yankees. A few days later, her contract was voided and women were declared unfit to play baseball.
R5al TIL Jimi Hendrix and Joe Pesci once played in the same band.
a8vmZ TIL that during WWII, scientists were struggling to make enough penicillin to keep up with demand until they found a moldy cantaloupe in Peoria, IL that was producing penicillin at the highest rate they had yet seen.
ADpjg TIL 2Pac was in talks with George Lucas for a role in Star Wars:Episode 1.The role was later taken by Samuel L Jackson.
9YPrp TIL that natural history museums use teams of beetles to clean the flesh off specimens.