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TIL that Bobby Fischer, who won the World Chess Championship in 1972, became reclusive and erratic. 1992, he re-emerged, playing in Yugoslavia, which led to a conflict with the US government and a warrant for his arrest was issued. Eventually, he was granted asylum in Iceland, where he died in 2008

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ArR4 TIL that Martin Scorsese’s film Hugo was inspired by a real event, wherein an automaton donated to Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute was restored to find that it could draw elaborate Illustrations and write poems.
9YZkB Cyclists are 40 per cent less stressed than other commuters.
lRoB TIL football player Mardy Gilyard was kicked out of the University of Cincinnati and owed the school $10,000. He then worked 4 jobs simultaneously and slept in his car just to get back into school, eventually becoming the leading wide receiver in UC history.
epRLL TIL the US is accused of using bio weapons against the Chinese and North Koreans in the Korean War. Chinese troops started getting infected with Cholera, Smallpox, Bubonic Plague and Meningitis between January and March 1952
VBA4p TIL that the seven-day week originated with the ancient Sumerians and Babylonians 4,000 years ago. The names of the days of the week can be traced back to the seven “planets” recognized by these cultures: The sun, the moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn.