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Bizarre fact #3598:
Did you know... Eddie Gaedel was the 3'7' midget who played in only one game against the St. Louis Browns and the Detroit Tigers. In the second inning of a double-header, St. Louis manager, Zach Taylor, sent 3'7', 65-pound Eddie Gaedel up to bat. Gaedel stood in a crouch up at the plate, giving pitcher Bob Cain a strike zone of about one and a half inches. Gaedel was walked on four straight pitches.
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Bizarre fact #1912:
Did you know... The largest order of mammals, with about 1,700 species, is rodents. Bats are second with about 950 species.
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Bizarre fact #916:
Did you know... Abdul Kassam Ismael, Grand Vizier of Persia in the tenth century, carried his library with him wherever he went. Four hundred camels carried the 117,000 volumes.
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Bizarre fact #1342:
Did you know... The only flying saucer launch pad in the world is located in St. Paul, Alberta, Canada.
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Bizarre fact #542:
Did you know... The nut "filbert" got its name from St. Philbert which is celebrated on August 22nd, which is also when the nut matures.
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