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TIL that in 2016, a footballer in Sweden received a red card during a match for farting on the pitch, after the ref considered the flatulence "unsportsmanlike"

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N19M TIL that Puyi, the last Emperor of China, spent his last years as a commoner in Beijing under the communist regime. On his first day of work as a street sweeper, he was lost and told passersby, “I’m Puyi, the last Emperor of the Qing dynasty. I’m staying with relatives and can’t find my way home.”
e0yXb TIL that a small but powerful tropical cyclone (called: Typhoon Gay) caused more than 800 fatalities in and around the Gulf of Thailand in November 1989.
78l0L TIL A Chippewa Indian Named John Smith Who Lived In The Woods Near Cass Lake, Minnesota Claimed To Be 137 Years Old Before He Died In 1922.
d0g7 TIL Joe Rogan was the Massachusetts full contact Tae Kwon Do champion for four consecutive years. By the age of 19, Rogan won the US Open Tae Kwon Do Championship and as lightweight champion went on to beat both the middle and heavyweight title-holders to obtain the Grand Championship.
5V76B TIL You should not cook raw beans in a slow cooker.