Today I learned on Nostr: TIL that Calcio Storico, the supposedly ancient form of football played in Florence, ...

TIL that Calcio Storico, the supposedly ancient form of football played in Florence, was not played until the late-15th century and actually died out in the early-17th century. It was only revived by Mussolini in 1930.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcio_storico_fiorentino
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