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TIL that people in England previously called football, soccer.

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VMr54 TIL that 2000 hit song Around the World (La La La La La) of the German ATC band is actually originally a Russian song of Ruki Vverh! (Hands up!) pop group. The song wasn't even popular in Russia, BMG music co. acquired rights for it and Ruki Vverh! got proper royalties from the deal.
Ppbe TIL Ontario contains almost a third of the world’s fresh water.
kXM4 TIL that a library in Dublin puts readers in cages to prevent them from walking off with rare books
xAvo TIL rats experience feelings of regret like humans
6EDVm TIL that pre-internet Clint Eastwood mentioned being in the Korean War in hopes of being mistaken for a combat soldier. In reality he served as a life guard in California where he began his acting career.