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Daily Trivia

Where was the first melee?

on Dec 24, 2025

Soccer gave us the term "melee." It means a "confused mass," which was what the playing field looked like in Europe in the Middle Ages. Towns competed using teams of up to a hundred players, with the goals a half-mile or so apart.

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Daily Trivia / December 22, 2025

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