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TIL that the X in X-rays just means X… much to the Inventors objection

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KYjP4 TIL that Women's football was banned by the Football Association in the UK from 1921 until 1971
wokoY TIL that the Longest Conveyor Belt in the World can be seen from space
ZvWB TIL that a woman who died in 2009 had at least 1400 descendants (11 children, 150 grandchildren, 1000 great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren)
rRmYy TIL of Cardinal Sin. The Cardinal Jaime Sin from the Phillipines who was generally known as "The greatest sin of all: Cardinal Sin". He was also known to jokingly welcome guests of his home saying: "Welcome to the house of Sin".
LQYdp TIL of the swing riots in 1830 England. Farmers unemployed by new machinery rioted across much of England, which prompted calls for reform. The PM, the Duke of Wellington, suggested the existing constitution was perfect and couldn't imagine reform causing a mob to attack his house and his fall as PM