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TIL that polo players each generally use 2 to 3 horses per match, and up to 8 per match at higher skill levels. Horses are picked based on the player's need for speed, temperament or agility.

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VBA7B TIL that one of the main perpetrators of the Putumayo genocide escaped justice and continued to exploit the same tribes. Before the Putumayo border change in 1933, Miguel S. Loayza forced the migration of 6,719 natives in to Peru. More than half of them died. Loayza survived into his nineties.
yQQrV TIL that Italian "wedding soup" comes from the Italian language phrase "minestra maritata ("married soup")," which is a reference to the flavor produced by the combination/"marriage" of greens and the broth.
nVNd TIL that in Florida you get a mandatory 10 year jail sentence if you flash a gun during an altercation and a mandatory 20 year jail sentence if the gun goes off; regardless if it hits anyone
BrB6b TIL about the 'Children's Crusade', where a 12 year old managed to get a following of 30,000 children to attempt to reclaim Jerusalem from the Muslims. They were unable to cross the Mediterranean sea and were sold into slavery by merchants offering free passage on their boats.
vPpXK TIL although Emily Dickinson was not widely recognized during her lifetime, she wrote nearly 1,800 poems. However, only 10 of these were published during her life, without attribution and sometimes without permission.