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TIL that Lacrosse's origins trace back to Indigenous North Americans; YSK that it held cultural significance in addition to sport

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oR9gW TIL Admiral Sir John Fisher proposed twice in 1904 and in 1908 to "Copenhagen" (pre-emptively strike) the Imperial German Navy
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obno TIL that the scene from Futurama’s “Jurrasic Bark” of Seymour waiting for Fry is an homage to a real dog named Hachiko.