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TIL In 1994, part of the USSR released a parody series of stamps celebrating Marxism and Leninism - that is, Groucho Marxism and John Lennonism.

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7r1YO TIL Saudi Arabia's grand mufti has ruled that chess is forbidden in Islam, saying it encourages gambling and is a waste of time.
1am8W TIL about Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges, born in 1745. He was the first Black composer of the classical era, conductor of the leading symphony orchestra in Paris, and a champion fencer. He has been referred to as “Black Mozart”
DQd0v TIL Dr. Ted Fujita, the inventor of the Tornado Windspeed scale, also studied winds at the sites of Hiroshima and Nagasaki just after their destruction.
kOMD7 TIL of serial killer Joe Metheny, who minced his victims into hamburgers and sold them at his own BBQ stand.
6Evlm TIL Georges Cuvier, the father of paleontology, established the idea of species becoming 'extinct' as a fact. Until the late 18th century, 'extinction' of species was unthinkable because god would not wipe out entire species he created for his divine plan.