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TIL among young, elite chess players, not only was a higher IQ no advantage, but it seemed to put them at a slight disadvantage.

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9Ymxr TIL that a "loose cannon" is an apt name for something out of control: when an 8000 pound cannon came loose from a mooring on a ship, it could wreak terror on the crew as it wiped out anything or person in its path and destroyed the ship's walls
x6B87 TIL that seagulls can swallow a whole starfish
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