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TIL in WW2, children in the Theresienstadt camp played concentration camp-related games including "gas chamber"

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R9n6 TIL in chess, the queen used to be a relatively weak piece that reflected moral inferiority; that changed around 1500 with the rise of Queen Isabella of Spain.
8ekgb TIL the Wei general Xiahou Ba displayed great hatred for Shu and vowed revenge for his father Xiahou Yuan after he was killed in combat. Near the end of his life, Ba would defect to Shu due to political upheaval in Wei and a personal feud with another general
6arl TIL of the “Punt gun” An eleven foot rifle meant for killing roughly 50 birds in one shot, which was eventually banned due to it decimating wild bird numbers.
yVKeJ TIL the term "Going Postal" originates from the 1986 Edmond Post Office Shooting where postal worker Patrick Sherill killed 14 coworkers making it the deadliest workplace shooting in US history
m4OR TIL a mother’s body will adjust to regulate the temperature of a baby held on her chest. If she’s holding twins, each breast will independently adjust temperature.