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TIL There’s a rule in soccer/football that says if a player kicks the ball into his own goal on a direct free-kick, the opposing team is awarded a corner kick and not a goal

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VBgg8 TIL the Ringling Bros circus had a secret spy agency that utilized dirty tactics to sabotage animal rights groups and others. In one instance, they created a fake literary agency to trick a biographer into publishing her critical book on the founders family so they could file a copyright claim.
QNk8a TIL a lot of ancient Roman furniture we know about was preserved in cities buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. High temperatures carbonized the furniture rather than burning it, which left well preserved wooden objects
d85Jd TIL there have been "targeted interventions" that show increasing metacognition in clients with schizophrenia can lead to more complex self-reflection and be pivotal in the recovery process.
4XQk6 TIL: The Black Plague that wreaked havoc throughout Europe and killed roughly 25 million people, is 100% curable with cheap modern antibiotics and is still around but considered no big deal by the medical community.
jNoxv TIL after the Boy Scouts changed their rules and brand to make themselves gender neutral (to allow girls to join) they got sued by the Girl Scouts of America who considered their rebrand a violation of their copyrights.