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TIL calling football “soccer” originated in Britain 200 years ago. It wasnt until the 1980s the name was phased out because it was thought to be “too American”

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6E8kY TIL that there is no corn involved in making corned beef, the 'corns' are the name for coarse grains of salt used in the curing process.
67QX TIL the population of 3 cities (Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal) makes up almost 40% of the total population of Canada
dAB7 TIL that there is a nonprofit organization called Kiva where you can lend $25 to people around the world, for example women entrepreneurs in underdeveloped countries, to help them. You get the money back after a while, and the organization takes no cut.
pRZQ TIL there’s a state in Australia that’s nearly four times the size of Texas with less than 1/10th the population.
p1oZ TIL that in the now-defunct Star Wars Expanded Universe, Chewbacca owes a life-debt to Han Solo because Han refused an order from the Imperial Navy to skin the Wookiee as punishment for commandeering a ship full of slaves. Han is dishonorably discharged for his insubordination.