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TIL 50% of expert chess tournament games end in a draw

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x6en7 TIL The Gjøa left from the port of Oslofjord in 1903 when Norway was still in a union with Sweden. Over the next three years she was the first to sail the Northwest Passage and returned home to an independent Norway. The crew became some of the nation's first heroes.
EgD5P TIL there’s a Japanese schoolyard song about Tanuki’s testicles swinging freely, even without wind. Also learned the legendary Tanuki has 8 special traits; one of them being an oversized scrotum that symbolizes financial luck. Bit disappointed this wasn’t incorporated in Tanooki Mario.
MeeDV TIL that a cow-smuggling tunnel was discovered in 2017 under the India–Pakistan border.
ADrx7 TIL about the unifying cube rule theory that claims to settle not only the "Is a hotdog a sandwich?" question, but many other similar food debates.
8yVK TIL that Norway is ranked as the country least likely to be affected by climate change. Chad is the most vulnerable.