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TIL that the Football Alliance was established in 1888 by 12 clubs who had been excluded from the FootbEnglish all League, also established in 1888. The League ran for four seasons - 1888-89 to 1891-92, before the majority of clubs formed the Football League 2nd Division.

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v1kjr TIL that in 1980, a Somali government prisoner was sentenced to life in solitary confinement. He contemplated suicide until the prisoner in the next cell tapped out the words of a book in modified Morse code.
VvGm TIL a witness in a Scottish court who had answered “aye” to confirm he was the person summoned was told by the Sheriff that he must answer either “yes” or “no”. His name was read again and he was asked to confirm it, he answered “aye” again, and was imprisoned for 90 minutes for contempt of court.
KOWLJ TIL there was a train service between India and Sri Lanka, wherein passengers can purchase one single ticket to travel from Madras (now Chennai) to Colombo. They would have had to shift to a ferry for a quick hop across the 35 KM of Palk Strait.
wGlE TIL Scandinavians have a right to travel freely across their countries including camping on others privately owned property
JZw1 TIL In 1924 Paavo Nurmi won four golds, but couldn’t participate on the 10 000 m: “Nurmi was so furious that he took to the warm-up track next to the stadium and ran the same distance at the same time. Ritola won gold with a world record, but just outside Nurmi had finished first.”