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TIL that the Mets once signed a pitcher who could throw 160+ mph

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yQ8ye TIL riding roller coasters can help people pass kidney stones. Sitting in the rear proved to be most effective at increasing passage rates
KO5EG TIL that ancient Babylon had suburbs. A 539 B.C cuneiform clay tablet stating: "Our property seems to me the most beautiful in the world. It is so close to Babylon that we enjoy all the advantages of the city, and yet when we come home we are away from the noise and dust"
OGkWa TIL that despite spending much of his career on horseback, Clint Eastwood is allergic to horses.
jNRpQ TIL that Coca-Cola made a soda for the dystopian future, called OK Soda, which came with its own manifesto, and the slogan, "Everything is going to be OK."
wLw46 TIL a poem by Simon Armitage removed more than two tonnes of pollution from the environment. The poem In Praise Of Air, on display at Sheffield University, was printed on specially treated material capable of purifying the air around it through catalytic oxidation.