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TIL of the chess cheating scandal, where Magnus Carlsen accused Hans Niemann of repeatedly cheating

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PW1g TIL the NEAR Shoemaker probe landed on the asteroid Eros on February 12, 2001
bQRE TIL Former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il once claimed to have invented hamburgers
LkvDQ TIL the 1993 World Trade Bomber, the Unabomber, and the Boston Marathon Bomber are all in the same Super Maximum Prison in Florence, CO.
NXYP8 TIL that Beyonce once got into a trademark dispute over her daughter's name, "Blue Ivy", with a wedding planning service that shares the same name. She defended her position on the premise that her daughter was a "cultural icon" and a "mini style star".
DQ5Gj TIL that our human hand also has a golden ratio infact it is the very evolution that gave us the ability to grip