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TIL Yuichi Nishimura the controversal ref from Croatia vs. Brazil once red carded the wrong Chinese player due to mistaken identity

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w1kM TIL that Mexico is officially known as the United Mexican States.
waVE TIL in 1962, a man named Vasili Arkhipov, a Soviet Naval Officer, cast a single vote that prevented a nuclear attack on the US Navy during the Cuban Missile Crisis and is credited for preventing a thermonuclear World War 3.
X0EVr TIL that in 1914, 17 year old Princess Mary decided to distribute tin boxes containing small Christmas gifts to British Empire troops at the frontlines in WW1. After trying to finance it from her own allowance she set up a fund, appealed to the public and raised the equivalent of £17M today.
DQoQr TIL A Japanese researcher took his own life after his research revealed the presence of Fireblight in native pear trees, resulting in a government cover-up and him being blamed by farmers for their lost revenue
7rOJZ TIL that in Mexico, former drug cartels are trying to take over Avocado industry as it's so profitable.