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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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JaBv TIL If you put a big plastic sheet or a white sheet on your grass in the garden on a nice day, leave it for a few hours and then run a magnet over it, you can often find specks just fallen down from outer space
rJY0 TIL that octopus mothers will sometimes eat their own arms to survive while protecting their eggs; they will not leave the nests before the eggs hatch even to find food.
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Wk1J9 TIL During the Korean War, hundreds of American pilots fought and died in a hot aerial war with the Soviet Union, which flew 75% of all fighter missions in support of North Korea. This was kept secret by both countries until the end of the Cold War to avoid pressure for confrontation.
dwor TIL Drogheda United FC, a small Irish football team, has a logo based on, and in gratitude to, the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans secretly smuggled food into Drogheda during the Great Famine