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TIL: The game Chinese checkers was created in Germany

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e0dZD TIL Boy George appeared on the A-Team
NoPJ TIL of Lake Karachay, a lake in Russia that was used as a radioactive waste dump, and has been described as the most polluted place on the planet. Standing on the shore for an hour would give you a lethal dose of radiation.
Ook0e TIL that, in 1379, a baby from Yorkshire was named Diot Coke.