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TIL about the Franklin Athletic Club, from Franklin, PA, who won the World Series of Football in 1903, without giving up a score the entire season

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W7pyY TIL of Invader, a French street artist that has set up more than 3,800 unique mosaic art pieces in cities worldwide
0wL8A TIL that during the Vietnam War, American troops would consume small amounts of C4 explosives to get a "high" similar to alcohol.
9YYXG Short answer: Pigments offer protection
Zpgna TIL that in 1962, the Italian training vessel Amerigo Vespucci was hailed by American USS Independence, who asked who they were. After Amerigo Vespucci identified itself, the USS Independence replied: "You are the most beautiful ship in the world." The compliment was repeated 60 years later.
VMDWZ TIL of a recently discovered aggressive strain of HIV that progresses to AIDS in 3 years