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gerrit cole (houston astros) becomes the 2nd player in mlb history (pedro martinez the other) to record 14 strikeouts or more in 3 consecutive games
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houston astros become the first team in mlb history to hit 6 homeruns in the first 2 innings of a game
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courtney vandersloot (chicago sky) becomes the first player in wnba history to record 300 assists in a single season
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Oil tycoon and corporate raider T. Boone Pickens has died at the age of 91. In the 1980s, Pickens switched from drilling for oil to plumbing for riches on Wall Street, leading bids to take over such oil companies as Gulf, Phillips, and Unocal. Later in his career, he championed renewable energy, including wind power, arguing that the United States needed to reduce its dependence on foreign oil.
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The 2019 Ig Nobels have been announced:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/09 ... -and-more/

The 10 recognized awards include studying why wombat poop is cubed, the health benefits of pizza eaten in Italy, magnetized properties of dead versus living cockroaches, a diaper changing machine, and why scratching itches feels just the best.
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kyle lewis (seattle mariners) becomes the 2nd player in mlb history to hit home runs in each of his first 3 games...trevor story (colorado rockies) became the first to do it in 2016
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Rafa Nadal won his 4th US Open on Sunday and it was his 19th Grand Slam overall. He’s one behind Federer at 20. The graceless Federer neglected to congratulate Rafa.
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Eddie Money has died at the age of 70 following a battle with esophageal cancer. In 1978, he hit the charts with the singles “Baby Hold On” and “Two Tickets to Paradise.” After struggling with drug addiction, Money made a comeback in 1986 with the hit single "Take Me Home Tonight," a duet with 1960s legend Ronnie Spector.

Money's grandfather, father, and brother were members of the New York City Police Department, and he himself was an NYPD trainee before moving to California in 1968. His birth name was Edward Mahoney.
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Please try to leave commentary out of this thread.

Also, J! doesn't tend to go too deep in minutia, sports or otherwise. E.g., Andreescu is fair game, but anything about the match other than the end result will be too obscure. Wide net, shallow depth.

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can the mods get this back on track to current events now please?
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Matthew McConaughey is returning to the University of Texas this fall to serve as a professor of practice at UT's Moody College of Communication. McConaughey, who graduated from UT with a film degree in 1993, has been a visiting instructor there since 2015, co-teaching a Script to Screen course.
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cinemaniax7 wrote: Fri Sep 13, 2019 12:29 pm Matthew McConaughey is returning to the University of Texas this fall to serve as a professor of practice at UT's Moody College of Communication. McConaughey, who graduated from UT with a film degree in 1993, has been a visiting instructor there since 2015, co-teaching a Script to Screen course.
He is "The Minister of Culture"
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the animated series "scooby doo where are you?" debuted on this day 50 years ago
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triviawayne wrote: Fri Sep 13, 2019 12:18 pm can the mods get this back on track to current events now please?
Done. I'll delete any other posts that don't really belong in this thread from here forward. You can post all the esoteric facts you want, just do it in Re-retaken Down.
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"Cars" lead singer Ric Ocasek dies from heart disease age 75.
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S34 & S35 had a clue about the NBC show American Ninja Warrior.

For Season 11 of American Ninja Warrior that ended on 9/16/19 this is a spoiler.
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Whoever finishes the furthest get $100,000.
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If someone completes Stage 4 within 30 seconds then the prize is $1,000,000. If two people both complete Stage 4 then the fastest climber gets the grand prize.


Last chance before the real spoiler:
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Drew Drechsel (also the $100,000 winner from Season 10) completed Stage 4 to win $1,000,000 while Daniel Gil attempted Stage 4 but could not complete the climb in time.
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*still recovering from eyeballs getting pounded by lasers, so be gentle on the typos...

Felicity Huffman is the first Admissionsgate defendant to be sentenced. She'll have to serve 14 days, one year probation, 250 hours community service and pay a $30,000 fine.
https://news.avclub.com/felicity-huffma ... 1838105685

MoviePass is (finally) dead.
https://news.avclub.com/congratulations ... 1838107318
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triviawayne wrote: Tue Sep 17, 2019 12:56 pm Cokie Roberts has died

https://www.npr.org/2019/09/17/76105091 ... dies-at-75
ive seen this throughout my social media feed...never heard of her before
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Jojo Rabbit, a film written and directed by Taika Waititi (who also stars as Adolf Hitler), wins the Toronto International Film Festival. They won't specifically ask about that. But this has been a media darling of a film, so get used to it early
https://news.avclub.com/jojo-rabbit-win ... 1838131966
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