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TIL the "Nobel Prize in Economics" isn't a real Nobel Prize. It was established over 70 years after the death of Alfred Nobel, is sponsored by a bank and is officially only "in memory of Alfred Nobel"

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4kv0g TIL Metallica's "Master of Puppets" reached both the Billboard Hot 100 (no. 40) & the UK Top 40 (no. 22) for the first time ever in July 2022 after the 1986 metal classic was prominently featured in the Season 4 finale of Stranger Things.
d8ERj TIL that chess players can burn up to 6,000 calories a day while playing in a tournament. Based on "breathing rates, blood pressure, and muscle contractions, top players' stress responses to chess are similar to what elite athletes experience."
gg87 TIL Chuck Berry is still alive and performs once a month at a restaurant near St. Louis
yVPEX TIL Nokia boots are a thing. Nokia was originally making rubber products.
RNpQ TIL, at age 2, Mozart successfully identified a pig’s squeal as a G-sharp