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m174y TIL the 8th game of the 1929 World Chess Championship was the only time in the history of the championship that a game ended in an actual checkmate on the board.
8mV8 TIL there is something called Genetic memory, an example are butterflies who remember their migration route even though it takes three generations to complete
moPP TIL that in a BBC poll of 22 major countries’ perceptions around the world, Pakistan was the only country that rated it’s own influence on the world negatively.
AN0lx TIL of French Neo-Socialist, Marcel Déat. In May of 1939 he wrote 'Why Die for Danzig' (Mourir pour Dantzig?) urging France to appease Hitler by surrendering to his ultimatum for Danzig. Déat would later act as a collaborator with Vichy France.
nrLb TIL that Nintendo paid Mike Tyson just $50,000 to use his likeness for three years in “Punch Out,” because at the time he was not yet the WBC heavyweight champion.