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TIL that match fixing got so out of control in Canadian soccer that one pro match ended early after the home team’s attempts to score an own-goal were repeatedly thwarted by the away team

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BaYe TIL that Charles Dickens grew up during a ‘Little Ice Age’ and hence it snowed for each of his first 8 Christmases influencing his writing and hence today’s tradition of a 'White Christmas’.
PYLKe TIL the fingerprints of a koala are so indistinguishable from humans that they have on occasion been confused at a crime scene.