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TIL that freedom of speech is more restricted in the US than in 19 European countries, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Uruguay, Costa Rica and Barbados

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ebR6 TIL soccer player Ronaldinho came to media attention at 13 years old when his team won 23-0. He’d scored all 23 goals.
VMbRQ TIL Wilt Chamberlain's record setting 100-point game on March 2, 1962 was not televised (and no video exists of it as a result); only two different audio recordings from a radio telecast made by two different people (which were combined by historians) survives today of that game
Ypmev TIL of the 761st Tank battalion. Made up of almost completely African-American tankers, it was considered one of the best tank units of the war and held 1 Medal of Honor winner, 11 Silver Stars and 300 Purple Hearts.
NpXE TIL A British regiment were so sick of hearing the French sing the same song on the battlefield that one morning they just decided to march towards the French barracks playing the song. The French thought they were receiving reinforcements and let them in.
bNP0 TIL the Aston Martin Vulcan can produce more than it’s own body weight in downforce, theoretically allowing it to drive upside down on a ceiling