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TIL Vatican City has a national football (soccer) team.

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x6NJD TIL that Magnesium helped advance photojournalism. The first photography flash, a powder mix of Mg & potassium, created bright light when ignited. Jacob Riis was an early adopter and used it to document life in the often dark NYC's tenements. His work sparked public outcry, and then housing reforms
dVWZ TIL Samuel L Jackson first used the word ‘Motherfucker’ because it helped overcome a lifelong stuttering problem.
QQ7e TIL that the straight, wide boulevards of Paris were designed such that artillery could easily fire on rioting crowds.
grMWW TIL of Yuichiro Miura, the oldest man to summit mount everest. At age 80, it was the third time he had made the ascent in 10 years.
RRr1 TIL That during World War II a women slipped and fell at the top of the stairs of subway station being used as a bomb shelter, the resulting domino effect killed 176 people.