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TIL that the first recorded instance of gridiron football occurred at University of Toronto's University College in November 1861.

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kO7yW TIL Prince Ali Ben Hussein of Jordan set out on horseback together with 14 Circassian riders in 1998 to Circassia (Russia). They followed the trail of the mass Circassian exodus in reverse. His goal was to make it possible for Circassians to return to their ancestral homeland.
e0Zlg TIL that the Berlin Wall was not supposed to be torn down, but due to a mistake by the government it was torn down anyways.
Gwy7 TIL that the US is the only nation that prints all its currency in the same size and color, and that a court has ruled that this must change with the next currency redesign.
l7vyB TIL of the University of Bologna, the oldest in the Western World. A public university established in 1088, it's never been out of operation and counts over 80k students.
wRWY TIL NASA has a long standing tradition to wake up astronauts with a specially selected track of music each day, usually picked by friends or family members, called “Wake Up Calls”