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TIL that former world chess champion Gary Kasparov is a supporter of the pseudohistorical theory known as ‘New Chronology’, which claims that nearly everything we know about historical chronology is wrong, and that almost all of known human history actually happened after AD 1000.

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LkW9m TIL that a dairy company in Maine had to pay $5 million dollars in overtime pay to their drivers due to the lack of an Oxford comma in a state law
4kM4w TIL Maya Rudolph’s husband Paul Thomas Anderson is the son of Ernest Anderson. He was a late-night horror host know for his portrayal of Ghoulardi, the host of a Shock Theater program in Cleveland Ohio from 1963 through 1966.
WnoL TIL of Joe Arridy, a man with an IQ of 46 and the “happiest prisoner on death row.” He spent his time on death row playing with a toy train, and he went into the gas chamber with a smile. It turned out he was innocent.
QJLbE TIL Zoe Saldana is the only person to appear in 2 movies making $2 billion or more in the box office.
JYMMm TIL Purina, owned by Nestle, has been accused of poisoning thousands of pets through chemically-laced pet food