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TIL of LeBron James' "Promise School" where at-risk students have 8 hour days, a longer school year and receive free meals, bikes, and tuition

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4k6PJ TIL that despite no written rule banning elite women from playing football with a men's team, in 2004, Fifa stopped Mexican club Atlético Celaya from signing female player Maribel Dominguez, stating that “there must be a clear separation between men's and women's football.”
pYrLb TIL gerrymandering is named after a famous case where an 1812 district signed into law by Massachusetts Governor, Elbridge Gerry, resembled a salamander. A political cartoon published in the Boston Gazette dubbed it the "Gerry-mander".
694bX TIL that when the "haunted" Capitol Hill soda machine disappeared, a note was left that it "went for a walk"
eyVL TIL that Ben & Jerry’s created the first chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream
aw7Ro TIL of Fazal Din, a British Indian Army soldier who was impaled by the sword of a Japanese officer . He pulled out the sword, killed the officer who stabbed him and another enemy soldier, destroyed an entire enemy position, and walked 25 yards with a hole in his chest to deliver his report.