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TIL that during WWII, French-Moroccan soldiers kidnapped, defiled and/or killed 2,000 - 60,000 Italian female civilians in what is considered one of the worst war crimes of the war

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06Vp TIL in 1999 chess Grandmaster Garry Kasparov played The World in a game of chess that lasted over four months. Over 50,000 people from more than 75 countries participated in the game with moves being decided by majority vote. Garry ended up winning on turn 62 when 51% of The World decided to resign.
17KP TIL there’s about 10 times the amount of water inside the earth, as there is in all the oceans, lakes, rivers, and glaciers on the surface.
69VYm TIL People had known about planet Mercury since ancient times, but Samuel Schwabe wanted to see if there were any other planets even closer to the Sun than Mercury. He tried his best to discover a new planet between 1826 and 1843 but noticed sunspot cycles instead
wLwV7 TIL Kevin Smith directed the music video to “Because I Got High” by Afroman
KL9G TIL Marijuana was LEGAL in India until 1985, when under American governmental pressure, it had to declare possession of marijuana illegal despite it being consumed for years and being a part of India’s culture.