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TIL Nobel Peace Prize laureate Henry Kissinger is considered to be one of the largest influences on soccer's popularity in the United States. In his youth, he often defied Nazi racial laws to sneak into stadiums to watch matches, and he was named chairman of the North American Soccer League in 1978.

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RdAQ TIL of Albert Battel, a German officer serving in the Wehrmacht during WWII, who commanded his whole unit to protect Jews and threatened the SS to kill them if they crossed a bridge into a Jewish ghetto to round them up.
ANQOx TIL if there are 23 people in a room with you, there is a 50/50 chance that two people have the same birthday.
k0g1 TIL that in 2005, the DEA reported seizing $477 million worth of drugs, whereas the estimated value of drugs sold within and into the US is $64 billion dollars. This makes the efficiency rate of the DEA less than 1% at curtailing US drug trade.
ADaZB TIL of the 'Unwritten Adjective Rule'. "Adjectives in English absolutely have to be written in this order: opinion-size-age-shape-colour-origin-material-purpose Noun."