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TIL The Kop at Liverpool FC is named for the Liverpudlian soldiers who died in South Africa

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PYd9n TIL about the Expert Wizard Amendment, which was passed but never implemented.
e9QE TIL that by 2017 smartphone manufacturers, including Apple and Nokia, will have to switch to microUSB in order to comply with an EU ruling.
JZym TIL that when Disneyland opened, visitors had the option of arriving by highway or skyway (helicopter). However in 1968, 12 years after Disneyland opened,the skyway ended after a crash took the lives of 23 people (20 passengers and 3 crew members), the worst civilian helicopter crash in U.S. history
8ZnP TIL the reason dogs bark at the mailman is because dogs learn quickly that their barking often makes the intruder go away. This is the case when your dog barks at the mailman. He thinks he is doing his job of protecting his home because when he barks the intruder leaves immediately, every time.
KbE TIL that in the first 10 years of the Tour de France,(1904-1914) many of the cyclists cheated by taking buses and trains instead of cycling the race.