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TIL the British were the ones to invent the term "soccer"

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OoQ06 TIL when explorers first saw the Giant Sequoia trees in Northern California, they named the biggest one "The Discovery Tree," and immediately made plans to cut it down. The felled tree was used to advertise as a tourist attraction with the tree's stump used as a dance floor.
4MYJ TIL The one thing that won’t kill you in Australia is rabies. The country is listed as “rabies free”.
ANAYd TIL, about Poundbury, a town that was built according to the Principles of King Charles III. It started construction in 1993 and is currently 80% built. 4,600 people currently live there.
b9DWQ TIL Comedian Eddie Izzard has performed stand-up in French, German, Spanish, Russian and Arabic.
nQb TIL coats of arms do not belong to a “family” but instead belong to an individual. Coats of arms within a family may be very similar but need to be “differenced” from one person to the next.