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v1nA7 TIL that in 1829 the British Prime Minister, the Duke of Wellington, took part in a pistol duel with an Earl who had vehemently disagreed with his plan for Catholic Emancipation. Neither man managed to shoot the other, and the Earl later wrote him an apology
5YOvD TIL Last year the best woman's professional soccer team in the world lost a game to an under 15 year old boys Dallas academy team.
XEg1j TIL of the sport of Extreme Ironing. Exponents take ironing boards to extreme locations and iron garments there. Performances have taken place while doing activities such as skiing, surfboarding, diving and marathon running. Two extreme ironers ironed a Union Jack above Everest base camp in 2003.
GO0G TIL: The FP-45 Liberator was a single shot pistol developed by the US during WWII with the intention of air dropping them to resistance fighters. The residence fighter would then sneak up on an Axis occupier, kill them, and take their superior weapons.
jdon TIL a mile in America is about 3.2 millimetres longer than in the rest of the world.