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TIL Male chess grandmasters outnumber female chess grandmasters fifty-to-one.

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7Rwr TIL that Season Two of “24” featured a terrorist plot that originated from a London mosque. A few months after the season ended, authorities raided the mosque and found that it was indeed a terrorist hub
vP0JB TIL a Golden Arm is a craps player who has rolled for 60+ minutes without losing (rolling a 7). It was created in 1989 after a man rolled 118x over 3 hours 6 min without a 7. The casino lost more than $1m while the roller won $30K. In 2009, a woman rolled 154x over 4 hours 18 min to set the record.
E1N7W TIL when Mr. Potato Head was first introduced, parents were expected to supply their own potato. Federal regulations made the pieces less sharp, so Hasbro was forced to include a plastic potato with pre-made holes.
kO8ZB TIL free-ranging cats kill billions of birds annually in the US. They are the the #1 anthropogenic cause of death for birds
l7LMK TIL about the 1957 Madison Square Garden wrestling riot where fans erupted into chaos, causing injuries, arrests, and nearly leading to wrestling being banned in New York.