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yQpnp TIL that in 1905, 19 people died playing football. Ten of those killed were aged 17 or younger. People, including President Teddy Roosevelt, called for rules changes. They sought to remove slapping, nosepulling, and biting, but critics thought it would make the players soft.
VMv5k TIL In 1962 the Canadian Navy accidentally shelled an American town with live rounds
N7jVE TIL that David Bowie predicted the uprise of the Internet in an interview in 1999, underlining the importance of the “demystification process between the artist and the audience”.