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TIL the Hindenburg airship had a smoking lounge with one electric lighter

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e0aJ6 TIL of Eddie Gaedel, a dwarf and shortest player to appear in a MLB game at hight 3'7". Gaedel had one plate appearance, where he was walked in 4 straight balls and was replaced by a pinch runner. He wore the bat boy's uniform and was paid $100 for his appearance which he parlayed into $17K via TV
ZpP5v TIL that video gaming causes increases in the brain regions responsible for spatial orientation, memory formation and strategic planning as well as fine motor skills.
XvNr TIL the number people are most likely to state when asked to give a random number between 0 and 100 is 37.
b9jd7 TIL that it is estimated that 108 billion Homo sapiens have been born since 50,000 years ago
pNOb TIL that the crusades were preceeded by the “muslim conquest” jihads against italy, including the muslim conquest of Sicily in 827 and the Arab raid against Rome (846). 200 years before the first crusade even happened.