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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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v18a8 TIL the constellation Argo Navis (representing a ship) was considered impractical by astronomers for being too big and in 1930 it was broken down in three constellations: Carina (the hull), Puppis (the Deck) and Vela (the sail)
XOrP TIL that Pablo Picasso, living in Nazi-occupied Paris, suffered harassment from the Gestapo. One officer allegedly asked him, upon seeing a photo of his painting Guernica in his apartment, “Did you do that?” Picasso responded, “No, you did.”
j6ARM TIL Atlantic Productions, using two remotely operated submersible vehicles, collected 16 terabytes worth of high resolution images over a six week scanning period and used the data in order to create the world's most accurate and detailed 3D model of the Titanic
grXZ7 TIL Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho was the first film to feature the visuals and sounds of a flushing toilet with the toilet as an integral part of the story.
PA0V TIL: During World War 1, Harry Houdini took 1 year off performing to help sell war bonds and teach american soldiers how to escape from german handcuffs.