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TIL that the 1977 Atari 2600 beat ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot at a game of chess

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l7Er TIL that an East Germany film studio made several successful “Westerns”. The heroes were not cowboys but Native Americans.
M7KNK TIL that the Japanese slaughtered 100,000 Filipinos before they were pushed out of Manila in WW2. Mass live burnings and mass "comfort" attacks were the standard.
apay TIL A species of snail with a metallic armour of iron has been discovered living on the bases of a hydrothermal vent field in the Indian Ocean. Only living creature to have ax exoskeleton re-enforced with metal. That’s a badass snail right there.
BrmlW TIL that Rick and Morty is based on the original animated series named Doc and Mharti, Back to the future too. And the origin is epic.
ZKR TIL A North Korean agent hijacked a plane and landed in North Korea. North Korea hasn’t returned 11 of the members of that flight.