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TIL that the most lethal sport riot in history happened in Constantinople AD 532, was over chariot racing, and saw tens of thousands dead and half the city destroyed.

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4k6PJ TIL that despite no written rule banning elite women from playing football with a men's team, in 2004, Fifa stopped Mexican club Atlético Celaya from signing female player Maribel Dominguez, stating that “there must be a clear separation between men's and women's football.”
E1xOd TIL that in 1325 the two cities of Modena and Bologna had a war in which 2000 people died after a man stole a bucket from Bologna. Modena still has the bucket to this day.
aw9WM TIL A theme park in France employ ravens to clear the park off cigarette butts in return for a reward (bird food).
Eg69p TIL Paracetamol overdose is one of the leading causes of acute liver failure
AD8l7 TIL that people misunderstood the 12 years to save the earth. the IPCC never said the world is gonna end in 12 years they said we have 12 to go carbon neutral. but got oversimplified to 12 years which made people think in 12 years the world ends.