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TIL a woman, Jackie Mitchell, struck out both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, then had her contracted voided

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6EpwX TIL Ressentiment is a sense of hostility toward an object that one identifies as the cause of frustration, i.e. an assignment of blame for one's frustration. The sense of inferiority complex and jealousy in the face of the "cause" generates a rejecting value system which attacks the perceived source
WkW4Y TIL about "foldering", a covert communications technique using emails saved as drafts in an account accessed by multiple people, and poses an extra challenge to detect because the messages are never sent. It has been used by Al Qaeda and drug cartels, amongst others.
6wDJ TIL that Toyota had to pay $1.2 billion fine for safety negligence with unintended acceleration issues, despite a NASA report showing the issues were due to driver error.
k8Nm TIL that Nestlé aggressively distributes free formula samples in developing countries till the supplementation has interfered with the mother’s lactation. After that the family must continue to buy the formula since the mother is no longer able to produce milk on her own
xV0db TIL that apparently Gloomy Sunday, has caused people who listen to it to commit suicide, including Rezso Seress, the composer of the piece.