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TIL that people in England previously called football, soccer.

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DQOP TIL that a rabid bat can bite you while you are asleep, without you even realizing it. If you ever awaken and find a bat in your room, you should get a rabies shot immediately.
PYQGw TIL Greenland only has one Muslim resident and he is a Lebanese man who runs a restaurant in Nuuk.
EgpOo TIL that an ancient Carthaginian explorer found an island populated with “hairy and savage people.” He captured three women, but they were so ferocious he had them killed and skinned. His guides called them “Gorillai.” While gorillas are named after them, it’s unknown what he actually encountered.
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9YZgr TIL that Homework was considered hugely controversial in the 1800s and early 1900s, when physicians crusaded against it, in 1901, California even banned homework for anyone under the age of 15