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TIL that America’s Debt Is Greater than Entire Eurozone’s (and U.K.’s) Combined Debt

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kJoB7 TIL of Emory Andrew Tate Jr, a black American chess Master, once described as “a trailblazer for African-American chess”. He is also the father of Andrew Tate.
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bBOp TIL that there was a Polish King nicknamed “the Strong” because he could break horseshoes with his bare hands and loved fox tossing, a sport where you throw foxes with a sling, one event had 1235 foxes, hares, badgers, and wildcats. He had several mistresses and fathered as many as 382 children.
R6X9 TIL that the Opportunity rover is still conducting scientific operations after 13 years despite an original mission lifetime of only 90 days