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TIL that former major league baseball player Ron LeFlore first played organized baseball in prison while serving a sentence for armed robbery. After being released, he played for 9 seasons and was largely known as a base stealer.

by whatilearned June 2, 2023, 1:16 am

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The appearance of syphilis played a role in the Reformation. Visible facial boils on priest’s faces marked them as hypocrites and proved that celibacy was unenforceable.

by HistoryBuff May 31, 2023, 9:42 pm

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TIL of the six men that played The Three Stooges… Moe, Curly, and Shemp (Howard) were real life brothers.

by whatilearned May 30, 2023, 6:39 pm

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TIL that the song “Down Under” had a major lawsuit 3 decades after its release. Greg Ham, who played the flute riff, was accused of stealing the part from a 1935 children’s rhyme song. The band lost the case, and Ham was so devastated that his drug addiction worsened, and he eventually passed away.

by whatilearned May 30, 2023, 4:22 pm

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You die and the last song you played is the song played at your funeral. How screwed are you?

by QuestionGuy May 29, 2023, 10:31 pm

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TIL that the first surviving full-length animated film played in cinemas was produced in the German Reich in 1926 and was directed by a woman – Lotte Reiniger

by whatilearned May 28, 2023, 11:13 pm

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TIL that Bolaji Badejo, a 6 foot 10 Nigerian visual artist, played the original Alien (1979)’s xenomorph. His height and slender body convinced Ridley Scott that he was a perfect choice for the villain. He also died from sickle cell disease at age 39.

by whatilearned May 28, 2023, 1:48 pm

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TIL that NBA legend Paul Pierce was stabbed 11 times in 2000 and still played every single game of the 2000-01 season

by whatilearned May 28, 2023, 2:34 am

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TIL that NFL Football Legend James Brown played a part in the “Watts Truce” of 1992 which ended violence between the Bloods and the Crips. Brown died on May 18, 2023 in Los Angeles.

by whatilearned May 23, 2023, 10:07 am

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Stupid recess games we played in 7th grade that got us in trouble

by CopyPastaArchive May 22, 2023, 7:31 am

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Teens of Reddit, What songs are being played at your proms and dances?

by QuestionGuy May 17, 2023, 9:06 pm

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Back when I played hockey, they used to call me “the Titanic.”

by cringeyjokesman May 10, 2023, 2:41 pm

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