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TIL of correspondence chess, a form of chess played over long distance communication systems. Games were traditionally played through the postal system and could last several years.

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KYRn6 TIL the wild ancestor of the apple (Malus sieversii in Central Asia) has red fall color, and this trait was lost during domestication. An easy way to distinguish between the wild and domesticated species is to see the red or yellow fall color, respectively.
4XBE6 TIL Australia hasn't had A recession in 27 years
65JW TIL that in 2006, a 45-y.o. woman posed as her 17 y.o. daughter online, sending men provocative photos and panties stolen from the girl while pitting her online boyfriends against one another. One of the men eventually killed another in a jealous rage. He went to prison, but she was never charged.
xVQng TIL of Charles Lightoller, one of many individuals who used his personal boats to assist in the evacuation of French and British troops at Dunkirk in 1940. Prior to this, he was the senior-most officer to survive the sinking of the RMS Titanic and enforced the "women and children first" order
nWjk9 TIL that in 1943, Rosa Parks boarded a bus being driven by James F. Blake when the latter told Parks to disembark and re-enter from the back. When Parks got off the bus, Blake sped off. 12 years later, Parks would famously defy Blake, thereby prompting the Montgomery bus boycott.