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TIL Babe Ruth returned to Boston for his last MLB season, playing for the Boston Braves (now the Atlanta Braves)

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b6WM0 TIL that while mixing their hit song "Africa", Toto keyboardist, Steve Porcaro wrote a new song on the side, inspired by his daughter. While the melody was set, it never materialized as a song until it was picked up by another singer. The singer was Michael Jackson. The song was Human Nature
AgWl TIL a whale’s throat can only fit roughly the dimensions of a beach ball, whereas its mouth can store up to 90 metric tons of food and water.
j99X TIL Bob Marley’s father was a white English guy, who was 60 years old when he impregnated the singer’s black African mother. She was just 18 at the time. His father provided financial support for the family, but rarely saw his son, and he passed away at the age of 70 when Bob was 10 years old.
8ebRG TIL that our use of "Nuclear Power" in "Nuclear Power Plants" is simply used to just boil water.
R50j7 TIL the Crest House, located at an elevation of 14,120 ft. (4,304 m.) near the summit of Mount Evans, CO, was the highest elevation business structure in the world. Finished in 1941, it was partially destroyed in a propane fire in 1979. Its ruins were later converted to an observation deck.