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TIL that Chess is a sport recognized by the IOC and therefore players are subject to Drug Testing

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Wav9 TIL of Sokushinbutsu - the buddhist act of self-mummification, a process which takes up to 10 years, the oldest mummy found is 550 years old
aPe9 TIL Senator John Kerry introduced the Federal Pension Forfeiture Act, also called the Duke Cunningham Act, to prevent lawmakers who have been guilty of official misconduct from collecting taxpayer funded pensions. The bill has never been passed.
wYRM Today I learned that there is a special two-seater suit for astronauts to have sex in space
yeN8 TIL Martin Luther King Jr. Plagiarized His Research Papers, Doctoral Dissertation, and Speeches
R5D6Q TIL About the four sons of Horus. Egyptian gods who protected organs in the afterlife.