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TIL: Norway and Senegal are the only national football teams that have never lost against Brazil (Norway has won twice and drawn twice)

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jNokv TIL about Coxey's Army. It was the first popular protest march on Washington. Composed of unemployed workers from the United States, the protesters petitioned for government jobs in 1894, the second year of a four-year economic depression that was the worst in United States history to that time.
0wBQR TIL about the Scientific Responsibility award that honors scientists and engineers for exemplary actions often taken at significant personal cost. One recipient was Roger Boisjoly who tried to prevent the Challenger Shuttle disaster by highlighting that the O rings could fail in cold weather.
KO48w TIL when Samoset met the Pilgrims at Plymouth, he already knew enough English from fishermen to say "Welcome" and ask for beer.
EBjP TIL French WWI infantry went into a disastrous battle baa'ing like sheep- they knew they were being sent to the slaughter.
8Zb8 TIL Scotch Tape was named that because scotch used to mean ‘cheap’ and since it wasn’t as sticky as normal tape, someone asked the inventor why he’d gone 'scotch’ on the adhesive.