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

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WZn4 TIL when spelling out the Javanese alphabet it forms a poem, translated: “There (were) two messengers. (They) had animosity (among each other). (They were) equally powerful (in fight). Here are the corpses.”
8lAZ TIL scientists in the US concluded that mood-altering hormones in semen absorbed through the vagina help to boost women’s moods
wLXNo TIL a man was fined $48,000 by the FCC for using a cell phone jammer everyday on his commute, because he didn't like motorists around him on their phones
xVjGD TIL Ron Jeremy dropped his last name professionally for fear of embarrassing his family. His father told him "If you want to get into this naked, crazy business, so be it, but if you use the family name again, I'll kill you.'"
4kE8R TIL for Hawaiians, water (wai) symbolizes life. The Hawaiian word for prosperity or wealth, is 'waiwai', literally means 'water-water'. Many names in Hawaiian have the word 'wai' in it, referring to the water source that the people relied on at that time.