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TIL that Premier League team Man City has had financial misconduct allegations from as early as 1904. In the first incident, 17 players were suspended.

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pYJQA TIL the current world record for memorising a deck of cards and reciting it fully is 12.74 seconds
JeDj TIL A British sailor in WWII escaped his submarine from depths of 171 feet and managed to get to the surface and survive.
PdOn TIL the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie (1990) was a low-budget non-studio flick that blew away box office records and became the highest-grossing indie film of all time (at the time).
XZ98 TIL George Washington’s Presidential salary was $25,000 ($ 1 million today) and spent 7% of his income on alcohol
M71ym TIL about the San Ysidro McDonald's massacre (21 people killed and 19 more injured in a 77-minute span by James Huberty)