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385 - The World Cup Trophy Heist

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The World Cup of Football

This is the Jules Rimetrophy of the World Cup of Football, aka soccer. This because there's been two trophies and the first trophy, they did that thing where if you win it three times, you get to keep it. So variations of a game called football in various languages have been around in the West since ancient Greek and Roman times. Ancient China had a version called Kuju or Shiuju, which involved kicking a ball into a net.

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