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TIL that the first documented mention of adults playing cricket came from 1611, when two men were fined 12d each for failing to attend church on Easter Sunday because they were playing cricket.

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78odO TIL there are only three flights operating weekly to and from Tuvalu in the South Pacific. When not in use, the Funafuti Airport airstrip turns into a common area for sports and social activities. A siren blares when it is time for residents to clear the runway due to an approaching flight.
VWgk TIL that pink, freshwater dolphins exist, but are endangered.
x6oeB TIL until the Eumillipes was discovered in 2020, no species of millipede actually had over 1000 feet
BrWXr TIL Louis Braille, inventor of the system of reading and writing for the visually impaired, braille, created the system using the same tool he blinded himself with as a boy, an awl.
WVb4 TIL Steve Irwin and Charles Darwin owned the same tortoise.