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TIL that Mario Andretti is the only driver ever to win the Indianapolis 500, Daytona 500, and the Formula One World Championship

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e0nRb TIL that the medical term for buttcrack is the "intergluteal cleft"
ADyad TIL 110 years ago Dr Charles Campbell constructed 30 feet high bat roost to fight malaria. Bats that lived in the roost ate the mosquitoes and Mitchell's lake municipality was malaria-free in 4 years.
dp9j TIL during the California Genocide, private militias were paid by the state and federal governments to slaughter indians, and allowed for the capture of their children as slaves, with eventual extermination noted as the goal by the governor.
D1lnV TIL Walt Disney was close friends with J. Edgar Hoover, and was an FBI informant for 26 years.
7rEnO TIL that when George Ruth Jr. was 19, the law stated he had to have a legal guardian to sign his baseball contract. Baltimore Orioles owner Jack Dunn became Ruth's guardian, leading teammates to jokingly call Ruth "Dunn's new babe." The joke stuck, and Ruth quickly earned the nickname "Babe" Ruth