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TIL A chess robot in Moscow broke the finger of its 7-year-old human opponent after the boy made a quick move without waiting for the robot to complete its turn.

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OGadL TIL in "A Sunday on La Grande" (pointillism picnic painting), the monkey symbolizes lust and the woman fishing is a pun for prostitute.
X4Lk TIL Civil Rights Lawyer Lynne Stewart had a 28 month jail sentence increased to 10 years for saying - “I could do that standing on my head”. She is now dying of cancer in prison.
e5QJ TIL Genghis Khan fathered over a thousand children, and because of that 1 in 200 men (0.5%) today are direct descendants of his.
4kBPN TIL automobile manufacturer Fiat sent 50,000 anonymous love letters to women in Spain in 1994 as part of a marketing campaign for the Fiat 500. Upon receiving the letters, some women became confused, anxious, scared, and/or wanted someone to escort them to work. Fiat ended up being sued and fined.
N7aJe TIL about the Alien Butt Spider, which sounds horrifying but is actually quite cute