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TIL Soccer balls were originally black and white so they were easy to spot on television.

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N7AMe TIL that Hanns Scharff, a German Luftwaffe interrogator, used kindness and subterfuge to interrogate his charges. Hans created a bond with captured Allied pilots. His stratagem was subtle and calculated, and he never resorted to hurting any of the people with whom he came into contact
J1ywQ TIL that the Great Irish Potato Famine had caused such a profound population decline in the country that it took the population 170 years to rebound. In 2021, Ireland’s population exceeded 5 million for the first time since 1851, and it has still yet to fully recover.
90kp TIL China accounts for nearly half the world consumption of instant noodles at 44%
78rPM TIL romance scams in the U.S. accounted for $304 million in reported losses by victims in 2020, quadruple what it was four years earlier. The average romance scam victim in Florida forked over $36,000 to their scammer, who they believed they were in love with after meeting them on a dating app.
lKxG TIL there is a community that believes Eminem died in 2006-2007 and that his current manifestation is an imposter/doppelganger.