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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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eaVb TIL that the first act of the UK’s State Opening of Parliament is to check the cellars to ensure that it doesn’t have any bombs in it. This is a tradition that has carried on after the original failed gun powder plot of 1605.
69RXX TIL in the 1982 film Halloween III: Season of the Witch, the song “London Bridges” was chosen as the melody for the Silver Shamrock jingle simply because it was available in the public domain, and therefore saving the filmmaker’s the cost of licensing a song or hiring someone to write a jingle.
D7Dr TIL that in 1971, a thief broke into a house and was shot in the legs by a trap set up by the homeowner. The thief then sued for damages–and won.
epPbJ TIL Olympic gold medalists Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky are the sponsors of USS Enterprise (CVN-80), and are technically considered permanent members of the ships crew.
4Jag TIL The first airline stewardess were all registered nurses, but this requirement disappeared when many nurses left to enlist during WWII.