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Uruguay is winless in its last 18 @FIFAWorldCup matches when conceding the first goal. #InterestingFacts @FIFAcom #Uruguay #SaudiArabia #KSAURU
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Ivory Coast beat Ecuador 1-0 yesterday. It's their first win over South American opponents at the World Cup, having lost their 3 previous games. #InterestingFacts @FIFAWorldCup @FIFAcom #cotedivoire #elephants #Ecuador
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15 June 1864 Arlington National Cemetery established on the Arlington Estate which was a former home of Robert E Lee who married Mary Custis, great-granddaughter of Martha Washington @ArlingtonNatl #InterestingFacts
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It's #FlagDay! The 1st US flag change was in 1794 to accommodate the admission of Vermont & Kentucky. The new flag design had 15 stars & 15 stripes! This was the only flag to not have 13 stripes. #InterestingFacts #USFlag
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Bob Heft designed a 50-star United States flag in 1958 for a high school project & got a B- from his teacher. He asked his teacher to change his grade if Congress made his design the official flag. They did & he got an A. #FlagDay #InterestingFacts
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Jackie Swanson, the actress who played Woody's girlfriend/wife Kelly on Cheers, was real life friends with Prince. She was the Raspberry Beret girl in his video and he attended her Cheers wedding. #InterestingFacts #Prince #Cheers
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Mexico has made it as far as the quarter-finals of the @FIFAWorldCup, in 1970 and 1986. In 1990 they were banned for using overage players on their U-20 team. #InterestingFacts #Mexico @FIFAcom @miseleccionmx
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11 June 1938 The Battle of Wuhan begins, the largest battle of the 2nd Sino-Japanese War. As many as 1.2 million casualties were incurred by both sides. Wuhan was the 2nd largest city in China at the time. #InterestingFacts
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10 June 1944 Due to player shortages in WWII, Joe Nuxhall became the youngest player to appear in a @MLB game for the @Reds at 15 yrs, 316 days. It would take him 8 years to return to the Big Show. He also has struck out 4 batters in one inning. #InterestingFacts
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New Zealand (85) is the lowest ranked country in the World Cup in 2026. Curaçao is the least populous country to ever make the World Cup at 155,826. #InterestingFacts @FIFAWorldCup @FIFAcom #NewZealand #AllWhites #Curaçao
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The glabella is the area between your eyebrows. If you suspect someone is dehydrated, you can pinch the glabella and if it remains tented, treat them for it. #BonusFact The philtrum is the area below your nose and above your lips. #InterestingFacts
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9 June 1973 Secretariat wins the US Triple Crown of horse racing. He was the great-great-great-great-grand sire of another Triple Crown winner, Justify (2018). #InterestingFacts #triplecrown #horseracing @BelmontStakes @KentuckyDerby @PreaknessStakes
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This year's World Cup is the 23rd edition. Uruguay(2), Italy(4), Germany(4), Brazil(5), England(1), Argentina(3), France(2), and Spain(1) are the only countries to win. #InterestingFacts @FIFAWorldCup @FIFAcom #WorldCup2026
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9 June 1946 Ted Williams sees a fan sleeping in the stands at Fenway Park & hit him with a 502 foot home run, the longest ever hit there. A red seat in right field marks the spot. #InterestingFacts
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Natural History Museum in London was founded in the 19th century to display dinosaur fossils. Entry is free to the public. @NHM_London #InterestingFacts
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Steve Jobs was adopted, as was his sister, and he skipped the 5th grade. #InterestingFacts @Apple #SteveJobs
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Beijing, China literally means "Northern Capital" from the Chinese characters 北 (bei) for north and 京 (jing) for capital. #InterestingFacts
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82 countries have had a female head of state elected or appointed since 1946. #InterestingFacts #women
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Ken Osmond was born on 7 June 1943 in Glendale, CA. In 1957 he got the part of Wally Cleaver's friend Eddie Haskell on #LeaveIttoBeaver. Toward the end of the show, Osmond was in the US Army Reserves. He ended up becoming a LA Police Officer. #InterestingFacts @USArmyReserve
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