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TIL that in 2007 Checkers was “solved”. That is, given perfect play, the win/lose/draw result for every possible game is already known.

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8aMRV TIL that in the 1920s banks regulated how women could dress because a mother complained that her son did business with a woman who was 'illegally attractive'
NXyM8 TIL about Esmie Tseng. She endured parental abuse despite having top marks in school, often getting punished by standing naked in the corner for grades such as 96%. In 2005, she murdered her mother with a butcher knife. Later, she was tried as an adult and ultimately served six years in prison.
DG0p TIL an FDA official saved the US from a generation of children with birth defects such as flipper-like arms and feet by repeatedly blocking the authorization of a drug, already approved in Europe, known as Thalidomide.
VjZ TIL that a couple who was having sex in a SkyDome (now know as Rogers Center) hotel room was televised on the scoreboard Jumbotron during a baseball game.
BG7d TIL that the experience of hearing voices among schizophrenia patients is influenced by culture. In the US, patients typically report hearing angry/violent voices. In India and Africa, patients are more likely to report hearing friendly/entertaining voices.