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A soccer ball's curve comes from a spinning air-pressure trick

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The biggest crowd ever at a football match packed the Maracana in 1950

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The Maracanazo silenced 200,000 fans - and changed Brazil's jersey

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The first football World Cup was held in Uruguay in 1930

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No two football pitches have to be the same size

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Football's offside rule is as old as the game's first written laws

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"Soccer" is a British word, born from Oxford student slang

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8 Sep 1888

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The first English Football League matches were played

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6 Nov 1869

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The first intercollegiate football game was played

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30 Nov 1872

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The first official international soccer match was played

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28 Apr 1923

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Wembley Stadium opened with the chaotic 'White Horse' FA Cup Final

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