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TIL that in 2018, the entire Greek football league was suspended after the president of a team stormed the pitch during a match to confront a referee while carrying a gun

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v15Ej TIL that Fibonacci found the mathematical methods of Indians (Hindus) as the most effective, & all other methods almost erroneous. In his book "Liber Abaci", he refers to the Fibonacci series simply as the "Indian series" and loved Indian Math so much that he called himself an "Indian Mathematician"
ZpJMG TIL the first 100,000 pressings of Tiger Woods ‘99 for PlayStation contained a video file of an early South Park short film, snuck onto the disc by an EA Sports employee.
Dr5v TIL there are an estimated 50,000 undocumented Irish in the US
dbK8 TIL a former Reagan administration official brought a young Bulgarian teenager over to the states in an effort to improve his education. That teenager, fluent in four languages, disappeared after high school, adopted the identity of a slain 3-year old, and became a government agent in Oregon.
ANDEg TIL that people can actually die of a broken heart and the medical term is Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (broken-heart syndrome)