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TIL chess in a mandatory subject in Armenian schools

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eJD TIL A robber who broke into hair salon was beaten by its black-belt owner and kept as a sex slave for three days… fed only Viagra
4XXMg TIL in 1695 six pirate captains banded together to capture the Ganj-i-Sawal, a Mughal treasure ship. They are believed have seized as much as £600,000 (approximately $121 million in today's currency), possibly the most from any single ship in history, as well as a relative of the Mughal Emperor.
b9aj9 TIL Lamborghini doesn't have a test track. They simply test their cars on public farm roads in the Italian countryside.
VB0Nk TIL that the terms "upper case" and "lower case" come from the literal cases of metal letter pieces used in typesetting.
9Ylep TIL that microwaves actually heat things by violently shaking the water molecules inside of the object so fast that the friction causes it to heat up.