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pME4 TIL 42 year old New York Mets pitcher Bartolo Colon used stem cells to regenerate broken tissue in his throwing arm. He is the oldest pitcher in the MLB.
d80nj TIL that while in America the Anime "Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters" used the Trading Card Game as a main focus of the Show. Kazuki Takahashi, the creator of "Yu-Gi-Oh!" originally created the Card Game solely​ as a Plot Device. ​He just needed something for all the characters to have a connection with...
BrOAK TIL When Bruce Lee heard Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was in Hong Kong, he filmed fight scenes with him for "Game of Death" even though there was no script yet for the movie.
QYgL TIL two different men disappeared in Naples, Florida one year apart. Both were last seen being arrested by the same officer. Neither of them were officially ‘booked’ as the officer told investigators he dropped them both off at gas stations. Their bodies have never been found.
jNN1X TIL Conan O'Brien required reconstructive surgery on his nose after a street gang, “beat the shit out of [him].” The damage was so severe that, when asked the extent of the damage, Conan’s doctor said, “Broken? Good god, man, it’s a bag of bones!”