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TIL the Summer Olympics have only been cancelled three times since the beginning of the 20th century and all three because of war.

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woL1M TIL Spain shares a land border with Morocco
J1OGj TIL about Capablanca chess. Invented in the 1920s by José Raúl Capablanca (world chess champion). It had two new pieces and played on a 10x8 board. He also had a 10x10 board version. Over the years this inspired many more variants.
woNno TIL the drug protamine, which is an antidote for heparin, comes from salmon sperm.
0wr4A TIL there was a dog who liked to ride steam trains most of his life often with different crews, he was known across many of the Australian states, and there are books and statues referencing him.
8ev7G TIL: the FBI developed and sold a "security enhanced" android OS that was actually a honeypot leading to more than 800 arrests