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TIL there are more possible iterations of chess games than there are atoms in the observable universe.

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9w8Dp TIL that cheetah's distinctive black tear stripes that run from the eyes to the mouth, protect the eyes from the sun’s glare. It is believed that they have the same function as a rifle scope, helping cheetah to focus on it's prey at a long distance range by minimizing the glare of the sun.
v1kPx TIL in 1938 William Cooper led a delegation of the Australian Aboriginal League to the German Consulate in Melbourne to hand over a petition protesting the “cruel persecution of the Jewish people by the Nazi government of Germany.” 70 years later Israel planted 70 trees in remembrance of the protest
d84ZB TIL Simon. Simon was the ship's cat who served on the Royal Navy sloop HMS Amethyst. In 1949, during the Yangtze Incident, he received the PDSA's Dickin Medal after surviving injuries from a cannon shell, raising morale, and killing off a rat infestation during his service.
M8N0 TIL the Church of Satan doesn’t worship Satan. In fact they don’t believe in the existence of Satan or any other Supernatural beings.
D8Og TIL that the founding father of Dubai said this about his city’s future: “My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a Land Rover, his son will drive a Land Rover, but his son will ride a camel”