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TIL that FIFA effectively banned women's football/soccer on an international scale for 50 years (1921-1971) by outlawing the playing of women's games on Association members' pitches.

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Wko69 TIL that the King Cobras are cannibals, they eat other snakes. Its venom is a pure neurotoxin. It kills by asphyxiation, brings a complete shutdown of the neuro system and breathing collapses. They can grow up to 18 feet long, king cobra can raise a third of its body and look a human in the eye.
mxRP TIL that “with great power comes great responsibility” has been around since at least 1817, when it was said in Parliament in London.
epw64 TIL that only the President, Governor, or Mayor of Washington, DC can order flags to fly at half-staff
woLLo TIL that JP Morgan suffered from rosacea and consequently, rhinopehyma in his old age, which made his nose huge, deformed, and red.
QJXNe TIL Disney changed the name of their project "Basil of Baker Street" to The Great Mouse Detective", causing Disney animators to pass around a joke memo blandly renaming old Disney classics. It reached the CEO of Disney, who was furious and demanded to know who wrote the memo. No one squealed.