› added 5 years ago

101

TIL about "Chess Boxing", a hybrid that combines a cerebral board game and a physical sport. To take home the glory, players must coerce their opponent into a knockout or batter them into checkmate.

Read more huckmag.com

via reddit.com

0w1Yj TIL The entire four-minute music video for REM's Imitation of Life took 20 seconds to shoot. According to Michael Stipe, "What you're watching is a loop that goes forwards for 20 seconds, backwards for 20 seconds [...] with one camera, static, and then using a technique called 'pan and scan'..."
DYlP TIL the word “oxymoron” is an oxymoron. The Greek word “oxy” means “sharp” and “moron” means “dull”.
loyvr TIL Detroit, Michigan is the blackest city in the U.S. It's population is 82.7% African-American.
e0XEb TIL that Canberra was chosen to be the capital of Australia because neither Melbourne or Sydney would accept its rival as the permanent national capital.
xVRAB TIL the name of the Mexican state of Michoacán derives from both indigenous languages of Nahuatl and Purépecha meaning "place of fisherman" and "place next to the water," respectively.