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VBn0p TIL the former president of a European country alleged he was abducted by aliens
neGMd TIL Famed Chess player Bobby Fischer is such an anti-semite that he once journaled "it’s ... time for vigilante killings of Jews – random killings of Jews." He even drafted a letter to Osama Bin Laden sharing his hatred and is a vehement holocaust denier.
aw4g0 TIL the brilliant chess Master, Jose Raul Capablanca, first learned what Chess was by watching his father play his friend. After two games, he understood how the pieces move and the objective. For the third game, he challenged his father and won. He was only four years old.