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TIL Manchester City football Club was initially formed as an alternative to gang warfare for young Manchester youths.

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XN6R TIL Babylonians believed that an eclipse foretold the death of their ruler, leading them to use these predictions to put kingly protections in place. During the period of time that lunar or solar eclipses might strike, the king would be replaced with a substitute.
VBKVm TIL Dalhart Texas is closer to 6 other state capitals than it is to the capital of it's own state.
y86v TIL John Stockwell estimated over 6 million people had been killed due to CIA covert ops back in 1987.
Yp0k7 TIL: ‘Arabic’ numerals are actually Indian. They’re called Arabic numerals because Arab traders introduced them, not because Arabs invented them.
5VJDD TIL that there is a monument in Georgia that gives instructions in 8 languages on how to rebuild society after an unknown apocalyptic event, and it also functions as a compass, calendar, and clock.