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Interesting Facts - Page 203
1011
Before 1536 there were 95 church holidays each year in England, plus 52 Sundays, when people were required to attend church and forego work.
1012
Gavin Newsom's ex-wife is engaged to Donald Trump Jr.
1013
In 2001, an internet meme resulted in 1.5% of New Zealand residents marking their religion as "Jedi" on official census documents. This would have made Jedi the second most common religion in New Zealand at the time.
1014
Somehow, North Korea reached the quarterfinals of the 1966 FIFA World Cup.
1015
Pope Pius II (1405–1464) wrote an erotic novel before becoming pope. The novel's name is "The Tale of Two Lovers".
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Credit @Gademotsili99 for 1014.
Credit @SonyVondern for 1015.
About 50,000 New Zealanders (1.5%), 70,000 Australians (0.37%), and 390,000 Britons (0.8%) put their religion as Jedi in the 2001 census of their respective countries. This happened because of a chain email that spread around. It also means that Jedi was the second largest religion in New Zealand at the time. -Xtrordinary
North Korea reached the Quarter-finals in the World Cup of 1966. They played against Portugal, squandering a 3-0 lead to lose 5-3. -Gademotsili99
In 2011, a man in Texas successfully fought a traffic ticket by arguing that the sign prohibiting parking was written in Comic Sans font, which he claimed was not a legally recognized font. -Interest1ngFacts
The flag of Oklahoma only had the word 'Oklahoma' added in an effort to increase literacy in the state.
-Noivern
In 2012, Djokovic won the Australian Open, Nadal the French Open, Federer Wimbledon, and Murray the US Open. It's the only time all members of the Big 4 won a major in the same year.
-JohnnyYeet
Pope Pius II wrote an erotic novel before becoming pope. The novel's name is The Tale of Two Lovers -SonyVondern
But that's not the best part of their story. They played their 3 group matches in Middlesbrough. Out of curiosity, the locals went to watch them. Slowly but surely, that curiosity grew into sincere support.
So much was their support, during that game against Italy, the local fans eclipsed the 3,000 Italians on the stadium. And when North Korea went to Liverpool to play their quarterfinal against Portugal, several of them traveled along to support their new team. Despite the 5-3 loss, the fans never wavered their support.
36 years later, after a British documentary of these events was filmed, Middlesbrough invited the members of the 1966 North Korean team, who accepted and were received as heroes.
There's a really nice video about this.