› added 7 years ago

138

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."

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

6EngJ TIL Mark Lenard, best known for his role as Sarek, the father of Spock, first appeared in the first season of Star Trek: The Original Series, playing the first Romulan ever seen in the series, in the episode "Balance of Terror" (1966).
lZGB TIL in 2007, several weeks after complaining of a headache, a 12 year old boy died due to bacteria from an infected tooth invading his brain. Dental care is treated as an option, not a need, and many people suffer and die as a result.
Y7kPP TIL that the Tysfjorden splits Norway's road network into two. There is no way to go between the northern and the southern parts of the mainland without using a ferry or going through Sweden.
loWAr TIL if you pee in the shower every day you’ll save an approximate 1000 gallons per person per year If every American did it we would conserve over 209 billion gallons of water a year topic starts at 2:08
rgdo TIL The largest living organism is a fungus that covers 3.7 square miles in Oregon’s Blue Mountains. The fungus, armillaria ostoyae, could be as old as 8650 years.