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TIL “Foghorn Bradley” was the name of the first umpire to call a perfect game in MLB history.

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v1OrD TIL of Larry Walters, who in 1982 rode a lawn chair attached to helium balloons to 16,000 feet. He ended up floating in the path of pilots at LAX Airport. Armed with a pellet gun, he controlled his descent by firing the gun at the balloons, popping them one by one.
VMZ9Q TIL that when Indonesia became independent in 1949, it chose a new red and white flag (????????). Monaco complained bitterly about it, because it was exactly the same as their existing flag (????????). However, Monaco was then not a member of the UN, and was small enough to be ignored
nYjW TIL of The Man Who Never Was. In 1943, a British Major’s body was found with papers detailing an upcoming attack against the Nazis in Greece. However, the Major never existed. It was a homeless man’s body planted with fake papers so the real attack on Sicily could take place with little resistance.
glnA TIL When Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau found out Nixon called him an “asshole”, he replied “I’ve been called worse things by better people.”
8BZ TIL that IKEA ran the first commercial in the US featuring a homosexual couple. It was shown once and then pulled following bomb threats to the stores.