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TIL that in 2012, 400 Spanish soccer fans wanted to see their club play in the Europa League final held in Bucharest, Romania. By mistake, they chartered a plane to Budapest, Hungary.

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RPvj TIL the peace symbol is comprised of the semaphores (flag symbols) for N and D, representing the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
LGRp TIL: France was the only nation to send athletes to compete in Croquet in the the 1900 olympics. All 10 athletes medaled, including 2 unopposed. The only spectator was an elderly englishman who only watch the qualifying round. The sport was deemed too unpopular to include in subsequent olympics
p50N TIL That despite voting for prohibition as a U.S. Senator, President Warren G. Harding kept a fully stocked bar of alcohol in the White House during his administration in the 1920’s.
81kL TIL that the indigenous Athabaskans had a strict code of ethics towards plants and animals. For example, if a hunter kills a wolf, he should not touch it until he apologizes and explains that his family needs it.
KRl6 TIL in Paris in 1910, engineers had to freeze the Seine (river) along 64 meters to dig the tunnel for the subway going underneath it.