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TIL that unlike chess, professional go players overwhelmingly defeat the best computers

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vPg6B TIL of Stubbins Ffirth. While in school he theorized yellow fever was not contagious, and was spread by heat and stress. He poured blood, vomit, and urine of the infected into his eyeballs and cuts and did not become sick, believing his theory to be true. It was later shown to be spread by mosquitos
oBDvE TIL The majority of Neanderthals, like Humans, were right-handed
RrZj TIL that gold gets its color from special relativity. Relativistic contraction shrinks the gap between the s and d orbitals, allowing gold to absorb blue instead of ultraviolet. If not for relativity, gold would appear more silver in color.
ZpZWB TIL: In Sept. 1987, Eric Garcia commited suicide by exploding several hundred pounds of black powder and aerial shells at the Celebrity Fireworks Co in Rialto, CA. The explosion leveled the plant along with the neighboring businesses and blew out windows 4 miles away.
v1xdL TIL mannequins in stores or in the front windows of stores are often all white, but this can be changed to increase diversity and support all races