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TIL: origin of the word “soccer”

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PYWPV TIL that Zillow, Expedia, and Glassdoor were all co-founded by the same guy
rRak4 TIL from the 1920's to the 1950's cigarette companies routinely paid doctors to endorse and prescribe their brand of cigarettes to patients, falsely claiming them as a "healthy" alternative to other brands. This was done to cover up increasing evidence of the harm done by smoking.
R5MlQ TIL that only about 4% of the Earth's surface has two points on opposite sides of the world that are both on land
X0vr TIL Amazon holds a patent on 1-click buying; Apple pays them licensing fees
xp11 TIL that the SR-71 was able to maintain its heading within 1,000 feet at Mach 3 by using a navigation system that tracked a series of 61 stars using a sensor capable of detecting them in broad daylight.