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TIL The Catholic church has taken the stance that neither evolution, nor the big bang, are contrary to Christian beliefs.

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oRg6K TIL 5-time chess world champion Vishy Anand was India’s first GM and held the No. 1 national ranking for 37 years until September 2023, now there are 3 Indian chess players, including the reigning world chess champion, in the world top 6 and semi retired Vishy is still ranked world No. 13.
epVYg TIL Friedrich Nietzsche was an amateur composer who even befriended Richard Wagner for a time. Nietzsche's compositions were not especially well received with Wagner being dismissive and the conductor Hans von Bülow calling one work "the most undelightful".
5YlE9 TIL that though his music career famously sank, Vanilla Ice has kept himself afloat nicely with his home improvment “The Vanilla Ice Project,” with an estimated net worth of $18 million
kOLO5 TIL that colour photography has existed as far back as the 1850s
xGvD TIL in 1860 the original The Game of Life board game had a “suicide” option.