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TIL That There's An Uno Championship Tournament

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VBEyB TIL: the US State Department officially recommends that if you travel to Somalia, you first "Draft a will and designate appropriate insurance beneficiaries", "Be sure to appoint one family member to serve as the point of contact with hostage-takers", "review the Live Piracy Report", etc.
MoeA TIL During the Chernobyl meltdown, 3 people gave their lives diving in a radioactive pool, to open a pipe and prevent an explosion 10 times bigger than the atomic bomb in Hiroshima.
QNXPk TIL about ICC World Tesst Championship, a cricket tournament in which each season is 2 years long. In this duration, each team must play between 12 to 22 matches against any 6 countries; 3 in their home country and 3 away. The next season begins the same year in which the previous one ends.
WkZvd TIL the first-ever professional baseball team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings, went undefeated for their first 71 games.
X1bX TIL that depression can cause you to dream up to 3-4 times more than normal…