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TIL: How food factory Machines work

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Oorl4 TIL, the worst opening in chess is called The Bongcloud Attack. It has been used by Grandmasters as both a joke and as a show of dominance.
R58V8 TIL The Guinness Book of World Records, was an idea conceived by British engineer Sir Hugh Beaver (the Managing Director of the Guinness Brewery) to solve trivia questions among bar patrons.
eXgJ TIL that an encrypted note sent on June 6, 1944 was found attached to a pigeon skeleton in 2012. The message has not been deciphered.
O4D7 TIL Marvel Comics created a superhero, Blue Ear, specifically for a 4 year old boy who was uncomfortable wearing hearing aids, which he needed. The boy told his mom “Superheroes don’t wear hearing aids” so Marvel created one.
Bgrak TIL that Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, home of the Grand National, has a motor racing circuit inside it which has hosted the F1 British Grand Prix five times