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TIL of Chess boxing, a sport that combines chess and boxing in alternating rounds, popular in Germany, India, Russia and the UK.

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e0dJ4 TIL the Doomsday rule is an algorithm to find the day of the week for a given date. It takes advantage of each year having a certain day, called the doomsday, upon which certain dates fall; e.g, 4/4, 6/6, 8/8, 10/10, 12/12, & last day of Feb all occur on the same day of the week in any year
6EKo8 TIL for 26 years, German feminists Ottilie Assing and African-American Abolitionist Frederick Douglass were believed to be having an affair. I’m August 1884, after learning Douglass remarried to Helen Pitts, Assing killed herself by swallowing cyanide in a public park in Paris.
vPeOr TIL Swiss Cow Fighting in Valais features Herens cows in dominance battles. Unlike bullfighting with human-bull clashes, this is cow vs. cow, with blunted horns for pushing contests. Elimination occurs if a cow backs down or refuses to fight, aiming for one standing winner after 40 minutes.
dVQj TIL: Archaeologists uncovered 800 year old letters in Russia. Included was schoolwork by a young boy, in which he slacked off and doodled pictures of himself taking part in adventures.
dDMer TIL that Winston Churchill nearly died after being struck by a car while looking the wrong way crossing New York's Fifth Avenue in 1931.