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TIL The word “soccer” originated as a slang abbreviation of “association,” which is short for “Association Football”.

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vPenj TIL of Jackass Annie Road. In 1954 doctors told "Jackass Annie" Wilkins (63) of Minot, Maine that she would soon die. Wanting to see California, she rode a horse there and back over 17 months. Wilkins wrote a book about her adventure and lived until 1980. Minot renamed a street after her.
8alAa TIL: Ed O'Neil has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and it's in front of a shoe store.
mPQR TIL that Demi Moore has a producer credit on all three of the Austin Powers films.
a8rj9 TIL in 1979 the director of South Korea's CIA assassinated the South Korean president
m1dNo TIL that 1 liter of water is the equivalent of 1kg