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TIL that there is a sport called "cycle ball" (or German "Radball) in which you have to move a ball into the goal on a bicycle.

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WkL0A TIL of Bishop Chrysostomos of Zakynthos and Mayor Karres, who, when ordered to list and turn in the entire Jewish population of Zakynthos, Greece, promptly hid them in various rural islands and turned in a list containing only their own names. The entire Jewish population survived.
XEnvR TIL of Radiotrophic Fungus, originally found in Chernobyl, that utilize Melanin to turn Gamma radiation into Chemical Energy. Similar to how plants use Chlorophyll to turn sunlight into Energy.
neMWo TIL To pull yourself up by your bootstraps is actually physically impossible. In fact, the original meaning of the phrase was more along the lines of “to try to do something completely absurd.”
kOejm TIL the burger chain Krystal was created during the Great Depression and based on the concept that even during economic distress, “People would patronize a restaurant that was kept spotlessly clean, where they could get a good meal with courteous service at the lowest possible price."
rRNY0 TIL the film Back to the Future is banned in China because it features time travel