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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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69XPw TIL that after John III Sobieski of Poland-Lithuania defeated the Ottomans at the Battle of Vienna in 1683, the Kangxi Emperor of Qing China wrote an eulogy praising the Polish king. John III Sobieski later sent a portrait of himself to Kangxi.
ZpdDB TIL a beehive fence is a fence built to deter elephants based on their natural fear of bees. The fence is set up off the ground at chest height and contains hives spaced every 10 metres. If an elephant disturbs the fence, then hives shake and the bees become agitated, and the elephants are deterred.
R7Z9j TIL the Kansas City Mob used to operate a bar built over the MO-KS state line. When police from one state showed up, they’d simply move everyone to the other side, out of their jurisdiction.
0gPM TIL that Disney’s “The Black Cauldron” (1985) was the world’s first full-length animated feature film to incorporate the use of CGI. It was also the first Disney film to receive a PG rating.
7anb TIL That “101 Dalmatians” and “Peter Pan” are the only two Disney movies where both parents are present and don’t eventually die.