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TIL that in 2013 a Brazilian ref and player got into a fight over a red card. The ref drew a knife and fatally stabbed the player, and in response, the crowd beheaded the ref and mounted his head on a pike in the field.

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e00pn TIL in 1930, Ellen Church (a licensed pilot herself) persuaded airlines to change their minds about hiring females by challenging them: “Don’t you think that it would be good psychology to have women up in the air? How is a man going to say he is afraid to fly when a woman is working on the plane?”.
VAR0 TIL first aid training is required to be able to obtain a driver’s license in Germany. This is administered to ensure that in the event of a road accident other drivers will be able to assist.
NXPQb TIL that Charles III is the largest landowner in the world, as the British crown technically owns 90% of the land in Canada. The second-largest landowner is the Roman Catholic Church.
6eDJ TIL that while in the army Mr. T was given the punishment of chopping down trees. The sergeant didn’t tell him how many, so Mr. T single-handedly chopped down 70 in 3.5 hours.
dDjv8 TIL scientists discovered a 500-year-old map that accurately depicted Antarctica before it was officially discovered. It also shows the coastline of Antarctica without ice, something that shouldn’t have been possible, since the continent wasn’t officially discovered until 1820