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VBQdG TIL there was an outrage in South America for choosing the France to host the 1938 world cup (second consecutive tournament held in Europe), as they demanded that hosting should be rotated. This led to a boycott from most American teams, with only Cuba and Brazil qualifying by default.
e04GL TIL Nazi Germany ran the first national anti-smoking campaign and in 1939, German scientist Franz Müller presented the first epidemiological study linking tobacco use and cancer.
kOPbg TIL That Hotmail was named Hotmail because it abbreviates to HTML.
7rkoO TIL in the 1940s baseball umpires were called “guessers.” Anyone who questioned their calls were known as secondguessers, which is how the word second-guess was introduced to the English language.
lker TIL Foamy pee means there is protein in the urine and could be a sign of a serious kidney problem