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TIL striking out four times in one baseball game is called a golden sombrero

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Vkmp TIL There is about 0.2 milligrams of gold in our bodies, most of which is in our blood.
yVNR8 TIL That Frank Hamer, the Texas Ranger who lead the posse that killed Bonnie and Clyde, was able to keep most of the weapons and ammunition found in the outlaw couple's car as the result of an agreement with the Texas DOC. The arsenal included several automatic weapons and sawed off shotguns.
wJkY TIL there’s a bar in South Africa entirely inside a 6,000 year old baobab tree, a species which naturally begins to hollow after it reaches about 1,000 years old.
gMll9 TIL In 1977, Saturday Night Live held an "Anyone Can Host" contest, the first and only time they've allowed a non-celebrity to host. The winner was an 80 year old grandmother named Miskel Spillman. Her episode on 12/17/77 was notable for an Elvis Costello performance that got him banned from SNL.
VM1gG TIL that the Laotian rock rat was thought to be extinct for 11 million years until it was discovered in a meat market in Laos.