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TIL that in the UK, it is extremely rare for a football club to relocate to another city, since the team is inexplicably tied to the city and culture there, rather than just being operated like a business.

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PYEvG TIL In 2011, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed an order making beer an alcoholic drink. The law went into effect on Jan 1st 2013. Before this, any drink under 10% alcohol was considered a soft drink.
j6pmp TIL the Ovsiankina effect describes the innate human urge to finish tasks we've initiated. This tendency to resume an interrupted action is especially prevalent when the action hasn't yet been achieved.
gMMv7 TIL about a pizza delivery man that was kidnapped and forced to rob a bank while wearing an explosive collar. It blew it.
xV7eg TIL Anne of Kiev became a Queen of France. By naming her first son and future King of France Philip, she is credited with introducing this Greek name (Philippos, from Philos and hippos, meaning "loves horses") to royal families of Western Europe
9QLm TIL During the horsemeat scandal earlier this year, meat pie from Iceland was tested and was found to contain no meat