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TIL: No human has won a tournament standard chess game against a high spec computer since 2005.

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9w7NQ TIL the US suicide rate has risen steadily over the past 18 years and in 2022 (14.3 per 100,000 people) it reached its highest point since 1941 (15 per 100,000).