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TIL that there is competitive tetris and matches are intense

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WkelL TIL The Union of Mladorossi was a political group of Russian émigré monarchists who advocated a hybrid of Russian monarchy and the Soviet system. Despite being anti-communist, they believed that the Soviet government was preserving the Russian state and defending its national interests.
0O65 TIL in the 2006 World Cup final: after he was pulling his shirt, Zidane told Materazzi “If you would like my shirt, I will give it to you after the game”. Materazzi replied “I would rather have your whore of a sister”, which resulted in the subsequent headbutt that got Zidane red-carded.
0onM TIL: Plant seeds “know” to grow upwards by sensing gravity. When planted in a spinning wheel, their roots will be tricked by the centrifugal force and grow outwards from the soil
4X5a5 TIL Arabic numerals (our numbers today) were first popularized in Europe by Fibonacci when he learned about them in Algeria.
oBDBA TIL that witchcraft still exists in 2020