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TIL: origin of the word “soccer”

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p16p TIL the FBI tried to intimidate the publishers of MAD magazine for making fun of the FBI and Hoover
VMZAk TIL 10 Babies were born and raised on the island of ALCATRAZ. Also most of the families that lived on "The Rock" left their homes unlocked, as compared to San Francisco, all the bad guys were already locked up!
V4mk TIL there are 1,311 people who live in Verkhoyansk, Russia, a town with an average temperature of -45C (-50F) in January. In 2012, the town was attacked by a pack of 400 wolves.
WkZr4 TIL of the ASRV Remora, the Royal Australian Navy's submarine rescue vehicle. "Remora" stands for "Really Excellent Method Of Rescuing Aussies"
OG7ML TIL that Henry Ford founded Kingsford charcoal as a way to process the waste from the wood that was needed for his cars and that Thomas Edison designed Kingsford's first briquette factory.