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19: 315,000 obsolete index cards

Lateral with Tom Scott

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The Yankees Blew on a Baseball

A third baseman got down on all fours and blew on a baseball that was rolling along the foul line. That caused it to cross the line, which made it a foul. The umpires were like, there's no rule against it. And eventually they agreed to overturn it. It was ruled in.

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