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TIL Of Shannon's number. This number states that the game of chess holds more move possibilities than the entire universe holds atoms.

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X0LGE TIL of a drug that was developed by Nazi Germany in 1944 called D-IX. Intended for military use as an overall performance enhancer, its ingredients consisted of only methamphetamine, cocaine and oxycodone. D-IX never went into production as the war ended.
4XV15 TIL the fact that there are seven days to the week, internationally, and that the Sun day is followed by the Moon day, happened thanks to ancient Mesopotamia or Egypt passing it on to Greece, Rome, India, Japan...
RoO6 TIL in 1791 an English ship found what is now the Chatham Islands which were inhabited by a hunter gatherer group known as the Moriori. Upon hearing of these nearby Islands, Māori from New Zealand commandeered a ship, invaded the Chatham Islands, committed genocide, and enslaved the survivors.
pYNOO TIL that the stage of Eurovision 2009 used about 30% of the entire global LED screen stock at that time.
apEM TIL Prince covered Radiohead’s “Creep” at Coachella in 2008, and a mobile phone video of it was uploaded to Youtube. Prince quickly made Youtube remove it. After finding out about the blocking, Radiohead’s lead singer Thom Yorke said “Well, tell him to unblock it. It’s our song.”