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TIL both "soccer" and "football" are just nicknames for the sport, and the actual name of the sport is "association football." Additionally, the term "soccer" was invented by the British as an abbreviation for "association."

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6EPx7 TIL: Only two U.S. states have never recorded a temperature above 100 F. One of them is obvious: Alaska. The other one, however, may come as a surprise. It is Hawaii.
0jvj TIL there is a Marvel Comics character that is a werewolf centaur fused with an alien symbiote. His name is Marcus and his weakness is literally diabetes.
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