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TIL that nudists were early adopters of volleyball and by the 1960s a volleyball court was standard in most nudist clubs.

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yQxk8 TIL that Jim Coleman, a sportswriter made up the 'curse of Muldoon' to meet an editorial deadline. The curse supposedly prevented the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League from finishing in first place from 1938 to 1967.
j9Ya TIL of two students who attacked a pensioner in his own home and was let off from jail time or from being expelled from university because they “had come from an “excellent background” and “had their lives ahead of them””
PYW4O TIL the song 'So Here It Is Merry Christmas' can be sung in it's entirety with the lyrics 'Are You Hanging Up Your Stocking On The Wall?'.
v1vOx TIL an Oscar Award give to Margaret O'Brien was stolen by her housekeeper and never recovered. Years later, two men at a flea auction paid $500 for it and returned it to her.
JYwwl TIL the original Alfalfa died by getting shot in the groin in an argument about lost dog reward money