TIL that only 64 kids that have played in the Little League World Series since 1947 have made it to the majors
https://www.littleleague.org/who-we-are/alumni/major-leaguers-played-llbws/
TIL NBA legend and Hall of Famer Jerry Lucas memorized 50 pages of the Manhattan White Pages as a party trick. Reportedly, in demonstrating this trick, Chess Champion Bobby Fisher would test Lucas's ability, and ended up astounded by this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lucas
TIL Disney's 1932 'Flowers and Trees' was the first cartoon to win an Oscar.
https://www.collater.al/en/tv/flowers-and-trees-first-animated-short-film-oscar/
TIL Incas, the last known Carolina parakeet, died in the same cage as Martha, the last known passenger pigeon.
TIL that using cool running water immediately on a child's burn injury was shown to reduce the odds of needing a hospital visit by 36% and a skin operation by 43%. However, many well know, folkloric burn treatments don't work well.
https://www.annemergmed.com/article/S0196-0644(19)30538-4/fulltext
TIL that Fidel Castro had diplomatic relation with the Argentine Junta.
TIL that a heart attack, heart failure and cardiac arrest are 3 separate conditions
TIL Vietnamese fish sauce is made by layering fresh anchovies and sea salt in large wooden barrels, which are then left outside in the sun for months until the heat breaks down the anchovy-salt mixture and it becomes a "sauce."
https://www.care.org/news-and-stories/news/the-singing-banker-of-thanh-hoa/#fermented_foods
TIL that in WW1 unarmed Scottish bagpipers would accompany battalions charging at the German trenches
https://www.historynet.com/ladies-from-hell-bagpipers-led-the-charge-during-wwi/
TIL that Fidel Castro had an interesting and unknown diplomatic relation with the Argentine Junta.
TIL of Tilt Cove in Newfoundland, the smallest town in Canada with a population of 4-5 inhabitants.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilt_Cove
TIL Smoke Inhalation causes most house fire deaths
https://www.newsnationnow.com/morninginamerica/smoke-inhalation-house-fires/amp/
TIL a serial killer sentenced to death in the same manner he killed, strangled first, cut into pieces and dissolved in acid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javed_Iqbal_(serial_killer)
TIL Nixon and Kissinger funded the kidnapping/assassination of a Chilean General who wanted to prevent civil war. CIA provided one of the conspirators with a life-insurance policy and “hush money”, while another received guns, ammunition and $50,000 in cash to carry out the plot.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/08/richard-nixon-plot-allende-chile-presidency
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/15ne1n6/til_nixon_and_kissinger_funded_the/
TIL that to calculate the CPI for a single item, you would simply do CPI = (updated cost / base period cost) x 100. The "updated cost" is divided by that of the initial year, then multiplied by 100.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_price_index
TIL that MIT will award a Certificate in Piracy if you take archery, pistols, sailing and fencing as your required PE classes.
https://physicaleducationandwellness.mit.edu/about/pirate-certificate/
TIL During Pol Pot’s rule from 1975 to 1979, it is estimated that 1.5 to 2 million people, nearly a quarter of Cambodia’s population, perished due to forced labor, starvation, diseases, torture, or execution.
https://www.curiouspeoples.com/p/pol-pot
TIL about Robert Brecheen, a convicted murderer who attempted suicide by overdose just prior to his execution in 1995, but he was found, revived and treated at a local hospital until he was better, then returned to prison and executed.
