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TIL: Joshua Slocum, the first man to sail single-handedly around the world, never learned to swim and considered it “useless”

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nW0bb TIL after WW2, Prince Kan’in Haruhito lost his title, was purged from public life, was forced to sell his house, pursued failed businesses, lost his family fortune and divorced his wife who later blamed their lack of children on his homosexuality in newspaper interviews.
Yjkr TIL The Mayflower voyage ended in Plymouth instead of its intended Virginia Colony destination because the Pilgrims ran out of beer
GYLnQ TIL about the board game go. It was invented in Asia some 2500 years ago and has more possible board variations than atoms in the known universe. It is so exceedingly complex that it was only in 2016 that an AI defeated a human world champion (the chess world champion was defeated in 1997).
ypxv TIL there is a city named White Settlement in Texas in which voters rejected a name change to West Settlement 2,388 to 219 in 2005. Its mayors name? Ronald A. White
vkD7 TIL that Japanese scientists won IG Nobel Prize for creating a wasabi fire alarm for members of deaf community