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TIL: In a 1956 football (soccer) final, Keeper Bert Trautmann broke his neck on the pitch but continued to play for the remaining 15 minutes to see out his team’s victory. Prince Philip commented on the crooked state of Trautmann’s neck as he gave him his winner’s medal

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E1V1P TIL that there’s a research station on Antarctica that can me moved as the ice shelf it’s on gets closer to the sea and it looks like something you’d see in a sci-fi movie.
5VMWk TIL Ferdinand Verbiest created the first vehicle which moved under its own power in 1672 as an amusement for the Chinese Emperor Kangxi. The steam vehicle was 2 ft in length and built like a five-wheeled cart-like trolley
d5Nr TIL in 1971, the United states established a military base without consent of the native population. Measures to convince the natives to leave included restricting their food & medical supplies, as well as killing their dogs in front of them.
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aZZL TIL that astronomer Danie du Toit was giving a lecture about how death could come at any time. He popped a mint into his mouth and choked to death.