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TIL F. Scott Fitzgerald created football's "Two Platoon System," with different offensive and defensive players; before giving Michigan Coach Fritz Crisler the idea in 1945, the same players played both sides of the ball. As a freshman, the 135-pound Fitzgerald didn't make Princeton's team.

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ePn5 TIL that “Keep Calm and Carry On” posters were never used during wartime. The public didn’t actually see the design until a copy was found a few years ago in a second-hand bookshop in Northumberland.