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TIL: One of the first inductees in the Poker Hall of Fame died 60 years before Poker was invented

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nWNxY TIL there was a satirical magazine in Nazi Germany known as "Die Brennessel" (Stinging Nettle) which used humor to promote Nazism and antisemitism. Originally the best-selling satirical magazine in the country, it folded in 1938 after failing to entertain it's readers.
eoP5 TIL that in 2009, Rapper Coolio attempted to stage dive. Nobody in the crowd caught him and he was beaten up while also having his shoes stolen.
D1ONv TIL that, despite being one of the oldest national teams (played first game in 1870), England national football team didn't have a manager until 1946, and until then the "Selection Committee" was in charge of player selection, tactics and substitutes
YDgr TIL a high school teacher made a tumblr about stupid things high schoolers write in essays
DQxop TIL the first Commonwealth solider lost in WWI (English Pvt. John Parr on Aug. 21, 1914) is buried in the same cemetery as the last soldier lost (Canadian Pvt. George Lawrence Price on Nov. 11, 1918).