Broccoli was first introduced into France during the royal marriage of Catherine de Medici to Henry II of France.

Every day, over 1,300 babies are born prematurely in the USA.

In 1963, baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." On July 20, 1969, a few hours after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Gaylord Perry hit his first (and only) home run.

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