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TIL that chess players do not, in fact, burn an extreme amount of calories during matches

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R7ER6 TIL: The Wilhelm Gustloff (1945) is the deadliest shipwreck in history in terms of number of lives lost as some 9,000 people perished aboard this German ocean liner after it was torpedoed by a Soviet submarine and sank in the frigid waters of the Baltic Sea.
LQxkp TIL that the fastest badminton shot ever played had a speed of 565 km/h (351.1 mph), exceeding the fastest speed recorded by a Formula 1 car by almost 200 km/h
NXEAM TIL The song "My Mammy" famously sung by Al Jolson in the first talkie film "The Jazz Singer"in 1927, was first sung in 1918 as a vaudeville act by William Frawley, who later became a star in the TV show "I Love Lucy".
eJBJ TIL Charles Dance’s father was 72 years old when Charles was born.
jZxR TIL that until 2006 U2 paid no tax in Ireland due to an exemption for artists. When the exemption was capped at $315,000, the band moved its accounts to the Netherlands, rather than face a multi-million tax bill for album sales and royalties.