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TIL the game Chinese Checkers is neither Chinese nor Checkers

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d8bOZ TIL Friends Thomas Cook and Joseph Feeney shook hands in 1992, swearing if either one won the Powerball jackpot, they would split the winnings. Well the power of friendship and a handshake has paid off: 28 years later Tom won €22 million and split the winnings with his friend.
RD17 TIL: Australia uses giant stop signs projected on sheets of water to prevent tunnel crashes [x-post from r/cars]
8exjP TIL that a new science called "Chaimatics" emerged in 1985 when experimenting with cAMP (for cell neural signal processing), which aims to model cells as molecular computes through Quantum Physics
D1GDv TIL about the Bal des Ardents, or the Ball of the Burning Men, a masquerade ball in France in 1393. During the ball, four dancers burned alive when a spectator accidentally brought a torch and set their costumes on fire.
r9rx TIL Australia has over 10,000 beaches. You could visit a new beach everyday for over 27 years!