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KOoL6 TIL of President Husni al-Za'im , who after taking over the Syrian government tried to give women right to vote, did not execute anyone during his reign and tried to make peace with Israel.
BrjNd TIL In golf, an albatross (a hole score of three under par) is so rare that between 1970 and 2003, only 84 such shots (averaging about 2.5 per year) were recorded on the PGA Tour.
bGLa TIL that a man played a game of Civilization II for 10 years resulting in a never ending nuclear war between the player and two AI causing the world to become a ‘hellish nightmare of suffering and devastation’.
lok87 TIL about Christopher Roberts, a classical bassist, who in the 1980s hiked into Papua New Guinea's jungles with his bass and tape recorder. By doing so, he preserved a tribe's rich musical heritage & history, which were being lost because of mining & missionaries.
Lkb7Z TIL that Karate isn't Japanese. "Karate" can literally be translated as "China Hand".