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TIL there are 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Possible Chess Games.

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yVZxV TIL that Alaska is the only state whose name is on one row on a keyboard.
dw4d TIL that stores use the ‘Goldilocks pricing’ technique where one item is too expensive, one too cheap and the middle just right, to influence the buyer. Also Prestige or Premium pricing is when one item is given a huge prize tag simply because people will think it’s better and buy it.
4kRao TIL Natalie Imbruglia’s 1997 mega-hit “Torn” is a cover
VMavp TIL of Calvert DeForest aka Larry "Bud" Melman from the Late shows with David Letterman. He was the first face to greet viewers on both the NBC and CBS debut shows. He was a regular feature on the shows from 1982-2002 and had a cult following. He requested no funeral service and left no survivors.
R7D7Q TIL a Seattle public utility superintendent fell for a scam big time when he gave away $120,000 dollar's worth of copper to two guys who walked into his office and asked for it, saying "it was for the children."