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e_keown t1_j95st6u wrote
Reply to comment by Diamondsfullofclubs in TIL a woman was once drafted by the NBA but had to turn the team down bc she was pregnant. She’s also in the hall of fame. by Desolecontra
He is the size of an NFL Lineman, I was not going to say anything about his mom.
e_keown t1_j9460xb wrote
Reply to TIL a woman was once drafted by the NBA but had to turn the team down bc she was pregnant. She’s also in the hall of fame. by Desolecontra
I learned about her because her son was a coach at my daughter's junior high last year.
e_keown t1_ja6h0f1 wrote
Reply to comment by signal_lost in TIL of the Battle of San Jacinto. Just six weeks after the Texans terrible loss at The Alamo in 1836. The Texans regrouped under Sam Houston, and surprised the Mexican forces and overwhelming defeated the Mexicans. The Texans had 11 soldiers killed and the Mexicans lost 650. by triviafrenzy
Wasn't the retreat towards Louisiana an attempt to bait Santa Ana to follow the Texian army into the United States where Sam Houston and Andrew Jackson had arranged the U.S. military to be waiting?