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TIL Checkless Chess is a variant of chess where check is illegal unless it is checkmate

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lok5A TIL in Sierra Leone, before getting a driver's license, you have to buy a board game called "The Drivers' Way" and play it at least once. The game involves rolling stoplight-themed dice and moving models of classic cars around a board, together with answering questions about the country’s road laws
N7Km1 TIL Clint Eastwood's agent told him not to appear in, "Fistful of Dollars", calling it a 'bad step' for his career. The film launched Eastwood's path to stardom, and he later named his production company, 'Malpaso', spanish for 'bad step.'
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yQgdp TIL Marie Skłodowska-Curie is not only the first woman to win the Nobel Prize but also the first person to win it twice in two different fieldss