Post * GYxVQ — Curious Curator

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TIL That there is an instrument you can play without physical contact it's called the theremin

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oRnBK TIL The only time a chess game has ended in a result of 0-0 (instead of 1-0, 0-1, or ½-½) was when Tony Miles and Stewart Reuben both agreed to a draw without playing any moves to secure them both a high place. The arbiter decided to award 0 points to each player instead of a draw.

lob0V TIL that Shakespeare's epitaph contains a curse for grave robbers.

b9Mmj TIL that an annual Tennis award, the ATP Fan's Favourite has only ever had three different winners in its 20 years of existence. Gustavo Kuerten (2000), Marat Safin (2001,2002) and Roger Federer (2003,'04,'05,'06,'07,'08,'09,'10,'11,'12,'13,'14,'15,'16,'17,'18,'19)

l7ayB TIL of the "Ouroboros Effect" - a collapse of AI models caused by a lack of original, human-generated content; thereby forcing them to "feed" on synthetic content, thereby leading to a rapid spiral of stupidity, sameness, and intellectual decay

1gkV TIL that a boy didn’t want to wear a hearing aid because “Super heroes don’t.” To get him to wear it Marvel Comics created a super hero with a hearing aid: “Blue Ear”