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oBE08 TIL elite chess players lose 10 to 12 pounds, on average, over the course of a 10-day tournament.
R7pD7 TIL: There are approximately 600 million dogs in the world. It is estimated that nearly 400M of those dogs are strays. The United States has the highest pet dog population in the world. Approximately 75.8 million
ywbl TIL: Scientists have defined ‘Zealandia’ as the world’s 8th continent, 94 per cent of which is below the Pacific Ocean.
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rRW0w TIL that Abraham Lincoln was challenged to a duel in 1842. As the challenged party, he would have the right to select the weapons used. He accepted the challenge and chose broadswords "of the largest size" in order to take advantage of his superior reach.