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Submitted by malte2505 t3_z3gnzw
TIL Tom Seaver was named on 425 out of 430 ballots for the Baseball Hall of Fame. 3 were blank as a protest against Pete Rose being ineligible. One was sent by a writer recovering from surgery who did not notice Seaver's name and one never voted for any player in their first year of eligibility.
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by trifletruffles t3_z7z0ft
Submitted by bethebumblebee t3_z701cc
TIL In 1930, to make way for a new building, the Indiana Bell Building, weighing 11,000 tons, was moved 16 meters and rotated 90°. The work took a month to finish and did not disrupt the building's essential services, nor its gas, water, and electricity supply. No one inside felt the building move.
archdaily.comSubmitted by LPercepts t3_z5fhvz
TIL after her death, Mercy Brown's heart and liver were burned and the ashes mixed into a tonic that was given to her sick brother to drink. Her father believed that she was a vampire and that the tonic would cure the brother of tuberculosis. It didn't; he died two months later.
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by NightVisible3767 t3_z6ptn6
Submitted by stantonstocky t3_z7hhba
TIL Andre Agassi won 10 of 11 matches after seeing a "tick" in Boris Becker's serve. Agassi could predict where Becker was serving based on whether Becker stuck his tongue out in the middle of his lip or to the left corner of his lip. Agassi told Becker over a pint of beer - after they retired.
insider.comSubmitted by theotherbogart t3_z7gz99
Submitted by Peepeepoopoo1234abcd t3_z2d8t9