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TIL That prior to beginning his career as a singer, Julio Iglesias found his first calling as a goalkeeper for Real Madrid. After an accident derailed his career, he went on to become an attorney, before leaving the practice of law to become the highest selling Spanish language artist of all time.

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xVLnk TIL in 1989 96 people were killed at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England after they were crushed due to overcrowding. Although match attendees and hooliganism were first cited as the cause, a 2016 inquiry found the police to be at fault due to their mismanagement of the crowd.
neDM7 TIL that the amount of physical US currency in circulation has doubled between 2010 and the beginning of 2020
aDOJ TIL Craig Bartlett, the creator of Hey Arnold!, said himself that he would make the final movie to officially end his series given that he is gets proof people will watch it. There is currently an online petition close to its goal of 15,000 signatures that could make the movie, reality.
v1kb7 TIL Chiang Wei-Kuo, the son of Republic of China President Chiang Kai-shek, was a Wehrmacht soldier, despite the fact that Japan was allied with Germany, and fighting against China.
PBnZ TIL Dolly Parton created the Imagination Library, which sends one free book per month to a child, to boost literacy and foster a love of reading. Founded to serve her native Sevier County TN, it now ships over a million books a month to kids in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia.