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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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wLe1Y TIL that Bermuda had no indigenous population at the time of its discovery, and there is no evidence of any people having lived there before the British settled in 1609, effectively making the British the first people to ever establish a human population on the island
erOD TIL Elon Musk called Apple a ‘graveyard’ for fired Tesla staff stating: “If you don’t make it at Tesla, you go work at Apple. I’m not kidding.”
wLL87 TIL Dennis Hopper went on T.V. and told a story about how Rip Torn pulled a knife on him. Torn sued for defamation and won. Hopper had to pay compensatory but not punitive. Hopper later appealed the ruling. Appellate not only upheld the decision but also made him pay another $475,000 in punitive.
p8R8 TIL penguins are one of the most sexually deviant animals.
6nYZ TIL that in two days we create the same amount of information that it took all of humanity to create from the dawn of civilization to 2003.