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TIL that the word “soccer” was first used in England before the Americans adopted it.

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K7D9 TIL a VR experiment showed people given the power of superhero flight and told to perform search and rescue were more willing to aid others afterwards than those who were given a helicopter and told to do the same thing.
nWJVb TIL that during WWII, the British government implemented Operation Pied Piper, evacuating over 3 million children from cities to rural areas to protect them from bombings. These "evacuees" were sent away from their families, impacting communities but ensuring their safety.
yVvbV Today I learned ... that I'm allergic to polyester and allergy to polyester is common. With respect to polyester - "diverse sources of exposures to chemicals of widely-differing types and structures, continue to induce sensitisation in man and may result in allergic contact dermatitis."
m1Xao TIL, There was never an official flag for the country of Austria-Hungary. The flag we were used to, which shows the coat of arm of both country side by side, was a civil ensign used by merchant ships. The Habsburg flag represented Austrian region while the tricolor flag represented Hungarian region.
KOGPw TIL John Martin Poyer, governor of American Samoa, quarantined the entire territory after receiving news of the Spanish flu pandemic. Nobody died in American Samoa, while 23% of neighboring Western Samoa perished.