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TIL Mookie Betts, an MLB all-star outfielder for the Dodgers, once bowled a perfect ‘300’ in a professional bowling competition

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6EVZl TIL The FDA tried to regulate vitamin supplements in high doses (>150% DV) due to potential health risks. Regulations were fought by the Vitamin Industry, who then funded a bill preventing all FDA regulation of supplements, which has been law since in 1976.

M5aK TIL Conan O'Brien graduated as valedictorian at his high school, then went on to Harvard where he graduated magna cum laude.

Zplop TIL in the video game "1943: The Battle of Midway" the player controls an American plane against the Imperial Japanese Navy with the Battleship Yamato as final boss. Japanese designer Yoshiki Okamoto claimed he was too young when he produced the game to understand the historical irony.

v8Dr TIL there used to be “party lines” for telephones, the entire neighborhood was linked to a single phone line and they had to take turns using the phone. You could listen in to your neighbors’ calls, or interrupt them telling them to get off the phone because they talk too much and you need to use it

Z859p TIL Princess Anne of Kiev became the Queen of France in 1051 A.C.. By naming her first son and future King of France Philip, she is credited with introducing this Greek name (Philippos, from Philos and hippos, meaning "loves horses") to royal families of Western Europe