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Aaron Leanhardt

The physicist-turned-coach helped design the "torpedo" bat, a potentially game-changing innovation in baseball.

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The Beatles

Casting has been announced for who will play The Fab Four in four upcoming biopics told from the perspective of each band member.

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Carlo Acutis

Set to be canonized on April 27, Acutis, who died at age 15, will be the first millennial Catholic saint.

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