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TIL that a full-time banker played at the 2010 World Cup. New Zealand's Andrew Barron featured as a substitute in their match against Italy, becoming the first non-professional footballer to participate in the tournament

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4XpJo TIL that the single oldest complete piece of music is actually from 1400BC. It's known as "Hurrian Hymn No. 6" and an example one can listen to is heavily contested over because it is one of about five "rival decipherments of the notation, each yielding entirely different results".
x6A4g TIL Gucci Mane Owns an Iced-Out Odie Chain
Dvlj TIL the first television broadcast from the United States to Japan via satellite was news of the Kennedy Assassination.
mV8R TIL Hitler had a Jewish doctor who didn’t charge Hitlers family due to their economic hardships. Hitler labeled his doctor as a “Noble Jew” and made sure the doctor wasn’t harmed during the Holocaust
OobBe TIL about John Deydras, a man who claimed to be the true son of Edward I. After being put on trial, Deydras accused of being misled by his devil-possessed cat. Both he and his cat were subsequently hanged.