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TIL Ivan the Terrible died during a game of chess

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xVO0D TIL Audie Murphy received every military combat award for valor available from the US, plus awards from other countries. He single-handedly held off a company of German soldiers for, then led a successful counterattack while wounded & out of ammo.
j6rEj TIL that there is enough gold in the oceans to give each person on Earth about 9 pounds of the metal.
v19N8 TIL On April 16th, 1912 Harriet Quimby became the first woman to pilot an aircraft across the English Channel. Her accomplishment received little media attention, however, as the sinking of the RMS Titanic the day before consumed the interest of the public and filled newspapers.
b9jjQ TIL That according to old danish law, any dane is entitled to beat any swede with a stick, if they try to cross öresund when its frozen. And yes, specifically with a stick.
BgXBb TIL the King of the Netherlands is also an airline pilot.