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TIL that FIFA funded a movie about the origins of FIFA itself, called "United Passions". It was also a major box-office bomb, losing $26.8 million worldwide, and is considered to be one of the worst films of all time

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Yppyr TIL in 2009 Airmen Colton Read went in for gallbladder surgery and woke up with both legs amputated. Military doctors punctured his aorta and waited 8.5 hours to get him proper medical care. Read isn't legally allowed to sue for damages.
neWyr TIL that your US mailbox is the property of the US postal service; no one else is allowed to use it. FedEx exists because of a bike courier exception for "extremely urgent" mail. USPS has forced Equifax to pay a $30,000 fine for FedEx use that was not extremely urgent.
Bgxmd TIL legend states that Reinhard Heydrich, high ranking Nazi, is said to have worn the Bohemian crown while overseeing occupied Czechoslovakia, an act which if done by a usurper is said to mean certain death within a year. Both Heydrich and Heydrich's firstborn son, Klaus, died within the year.
9YlQ6 TIL one of the largest earthquakes in North American history occurred on January 26, 1700. It was only documented by oral history in the First Nations populations, and collaborated by a Japanese record of a tsunami around the same time.
W71AL TIL about the "High Five Interchange" in Dallas, the junction of I-635 and US 75. It's considered one of the "World's Strangest Roadways" because of its height (as high as a 12-story building), its 43 permanent bridges, and other unusual design and construction features.