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TIL each pawn in chess had a specific name/profession based on its starting position on the board

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Y98W TIL that camels originated in the present day United States and only later spread to Asia and North Africa
NX78E TIL of wadokei - Clocks used by the Japanese until 1872, in which length of an hour changed with the seasons.
4XQnN TIL that India’s population is so large that it’s largest minority group (Muslims) numbers more than 195 million making it the third largest muslim country in the world
GA7Y5 TIL about thick water, which is used to help people with difficulties swallowing stay hydrated
KO5vw TIL the Voyager space probe launched in 1977 and still racing through interstellar space has the same computing power as something we all carry in our pockets-- a key fob. A cell phone has 240,000 times more memory than the Voyager probe.