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TIL This woman struck out Ruth and Gehrig back to back only to be banned from baseball

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9JLD TIL Jackie Chan once broke 12 cement blocks with a fist holding an egg without damaging the egg
GYgWJ Today I learned that the word “magi” (or the singular “magus”) refers to followers of Zoroastrianism, an ancient Persian religion whose modern-day adherents included Freddie Mercury. “Magi” also gave rise to the “magic” and “magician,” as Zoroastrians were known to practice astrology and alchemy.
Yxwv TIL Thomas Jefferson supported rewriting the Constitution every 19 years, and equated not doing so to being ‘enslaved to the prior generation’
wLR18 TIL that there are no horror movies in China. They don't have a rating system so "you must make movies that a five year old can watch without feeling scared."
eyaJ TIL Christopher Lee received Tolkien’s blessing to play the role of Gandalf, if a movie was ever released, but he played Saruman instead. He was also the only person involved with the Lord of the Rings films to have actually met Tolkien himself.