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TIL Toyota logo in 1936 is “TEQ”

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J1OGj TIL about Capablanca chess. Invented in the 1920s by José Raúl Capablanca (world chess champion). It had two new pieces and played on a 10x8 board. He also had a 10x10 board version. Over the years this inspired many more variants.
5wyk TIL Chuck Norris’ s real name is Carlos.
RWx4 TIL Joe Pesci was a guitarist before he was an actor, playing with Joey Dee and the Starliters. That position was later filled by Jimi Hendrix.
Oo15g TIL men were violently robbed of their testicles in Chicago 1922
yWda TIL in 1947 a man survived a botched execution by electric chair. He said that death tasted “like peanut butter” and looked a lot “like shines in a rooster’s tail.”