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TIL the 2012 Olympics was the first time that every country sent a woman to compete.

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XEnmE TIL Learned that things emit radio waves (also known as millimeter wave) above certain temperature.
8amXa TIL Actress Ruth Wilson’s grandfather, Alexander Wilson, was a serial bigamist, spy, and MI6 officer. She portrayed her own grandmother, Alison, in a three part drama series about the discovery of his parallel lives.
1bBV TIL that before 1600, a game of chess could be won by capturing all of the opponent’s pieces, leaving a bare king; a style of play known as “annihilation”. In Medieval times, players considered it nobler to win by checkmate, so annihilation became a half win for a while, until it was abandoned.
BpRb TIL the French Intelligence services blew up a Greenpeace ship in a New Zealand port, killing a photographer on board.
rR4w1 TIL Mark Twain patented under his real name Samuel Clemens the “Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments” (ADSG) or “suspenders” in 1871