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In 2013, PayPal accidentally credited $93 quadrillion to a PayPal account - that’s 1000 times the planet’s GDP!

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The band “The Replacements” would sometimes do gigs under the name Jefferson’s Cock, playing their songs in dresses.

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In 1892, Malcolm McVean scored Liverpool’s first-ever goal. Tonight, Diogo Jota scored their 10,000th!

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It took producer Anna Beattie over four years to find a channel that would commission “The Great British Bake Off” #GBBO

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A significant part of Edward Colston's wealth was acquired through the trade and exploitation of slaves.

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Gordon Brown was Britain's longest-serving modern Chancellor of the Exchequer - just over 10 years. He was appointed in May 1997, when Tony Blair became Prime Minister, through to June 2007 when he started as Prime Minister himself.

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The Soviet Union observed the 30th of February in 1930 and 1931 in an attempt to cut seven-day weeks into five-day weeks and to introduce 30-day months for every working month. Sweden also added the date to its calendar in 1712 following an earlier calendar error.

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FC Seoul were originally founded as Lucky-Goldstar Football Club, with Chungcheong Province as its franchise and Hwangso as its mascot. The club were owned and financially supported by the Lucky-Goldstar Group (now known as the LG Group).

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Michael O’Leary was offered the starring role in ‘The Apprentice’ reality game show, but turned it down for family reasons. The role was eventually offered to and accepted by Lord Alan Sugar, and has just finished its fifteenth season.

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Luke Chadwick (1) has won more Premier League titles than Steven Gerrard (0) despite only playing in the league for 4 years. It was the only major honour he won throughout his career. Meanwhile, Steven Gerrard won nine major trophies.

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In 1998, Andrew Marr was sacked as political editor of The Independent after he refused to reduce the newspaper's production staff to just five subeditors. He would return just three months later.

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In the inaugural edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest, countries were able to double vote on one country on behalf of another one. One of several procedures that would not be repeated in any subsequent edition.

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Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland was eligible to play for the England national team when he was younger (born in Leeds) - but chose to represent Norway instead

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In 2019, Gavin Williamson was sacked as Defence Secretary following the leaking of confidential information relating to a National Security Council meeting.

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Bundesliga team Borussia Dortmund were very close to bankruptcy in 1929, but were saved through the generosity of a local supporter who covered the team's debt out of his own pocket.

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From 1927 until 1983, Lucozade was originally sold as an energy drink for the sick. The company's advertising slogan was "Lucozade aids recovery"

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Mario originally debuted as "Jumpman" in the Donkey Kong arcade game in 1981. It's believed that the character was renamed to Mario following a dispute between Nintendo of America and their warehouse landlord Mario Segale.

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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos reportedly donated around $100 million during the coronavirus pandemic - less than 0.1% of his fortune.

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The highest recorded attendance at Old Trafford was 76,962 at a FA Cup semi-final tie between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Grimsby Town on 25 March 1939. The current capacity of Old Trafford is 74,879 meaning the record will not be broken until the stadium is expanded.