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TIL the oldest ball court in the world is in Paso de la Amada in modern day Mexico, dated to 1400 BCE.

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ne9r9 TIL the idea of St. Bernard rescue dogs wearing casks of brandy comes from an 1820 British painting. In fact, though alcohol makes one feel warm, it does so by dilating blood vessels, hastening hypothermia. The idea is like "rescuing a burn victim with a keg of lighter fluid and a book of matches."
oRRVK TIL that a Canadian politician got expelled from her party for stomping and performing voodoo on a Bush doll in a "22 Minutes" segment.
ANrY4 TIL that coca-cola was banned in Portugal because the man who wrote the slogan made people think the product was a drug.
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epOJn TIL that North Korea once beat Italy in the FIFA World Cup