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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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x64gw TIL that Giovanni da Montecorvino was a 13th-century catholic missionary who, on orders of the pope, went on a journey to mongol-ruled China. There he translated the Bible into Mongolian, converted about 6000 people and was appointed "archbishop of Beijing" by the pope.
P1YOe TIL of "Unit 731", a secret Japanese research facility disguised as a water treatment plant during WWII. Responsible for some of the most notorious war crimes ever committed, researchers captured by the USA were secretly given immunity in exchange for the data gathered from their human experiments.
X6gj TIL Allie Brosh’s (of Hyperbole and a Half) comic on depression is considered “one of the best contemporary portraits of the condition” by psychologists.
7jwZ TIL A Millionaire in Finland gets a $58,000 Speeding Ticket for doing 64 in a 50 MPH zone.
dev9 TIL the “D” in D-Day stands for nothing. In military terms D-Day is used for date and H-Hour is used for time the attack or combat operations are to be initiated.