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TIL about Dick, Kerr Ladies F.C. One of the earliest women’s football clubs in England. They played from 1917 to 1965, playing 833 games, winning 759, drawing 46, and losing 28. In 1920, Dick, Kerr Ladies defeated a French side 2–0, that was the first international women’s association football game.

by whatilearned September 3, 2022, 3:52 pm

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TIL of Sonya Thomas, a competitive eater. In 2005, she held 22 world titles at a bodyweight of 99 lbs. and defeated elite male and female competitors twice her size or more.

by whatilearned August 6, 2022, 8:57 pm

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TIL Sparta was defeated in battle by an elite Theban unit called the Sacred Band. The unit was made up of 150 pairs of male lovers who would fight harder with their lover by their side.

by whatilearned July 16, 2022, 4:42 pm

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TIL Even though George Washington defeated Cornwallis in 1781 at Yorktown, it still took almost 2 more years before the war was officially over with England.

by whatilearned July 5, 2022, 3:39 pm

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TIL Royal Marines and allied forces defeated US marines during a five day simulation called Green Dagger. The US asked for a reset halfway through and the Royal Marines went on to control two thirds of the battlefield.

by whatilearned July 3, 2022, 9:46 am

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TIL about Sir Guy Carleton a British commander who defeated an American invasion force in Quebec, by sending smallpox infected prostitutes into American lines.

by whatilearned July 1, 2022, 11:42 pm

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I defeated our local chess champion in less than three moves …

by cringeyjokesman July 1, 2022, 8:08 am

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TIL that Marion Franklin Tinsley once defeated a checkers playing program named Chinook by analyzing 64 moves into the future and picking the only available winning strategy, after Chinook made a fatal error during gameplay. Tinsley is considered to be the greatest checkers player who ever lived.

by whatilearned June 21, 2022, 1:40 am

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TIL that the last battle of the thirty years war was fought at prague where the war began thirty years ago. The Swedish forces took parts of the city (including prague castle) and looted it before being defeated by the bohemian forces at Charles bridge and kicked out.

by whatilearned June 3, 2022, 4:56 pm

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TIL that Canadian hero Isaac Brock defeated American forces by using scam tactics, such as having his forces wear cast-off uniforms to make the Americans believe that they were the feared British redcoats.

by whatilearned June 2, 2022, 11:49 pm

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TIL William Wallace’s co-commander, Andrew Moray, was mainly responsible for the Scottish victory in the Battle of Stirling Bridge, but died of his wounds. William Wallace was subsequently defeated in the Battle of Falkirk, when he let his men stand still in a hail of longbow fire.

by whatilearned June 2, 2022, 2:44 pm

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TIL at the 1908 Olympics, Great Britain won 4 medals in a single event of Hockey. Great Britain defeated Great Britain to win the gold medal, leaving the later with a silver medal. The Bronze was won by two teams, Great Britain and Great Britain.

by whatilearned May 27, 2022, 6:40 pm

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