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TIL a new pasta shape was created in 2021 by a food podcaster

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69N4W TIL Arthur Ashe published a three-volume book in 1988 titled A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete. He worked with researchers for nearly six years on the book and later stated that the book meant more to him than any of his tennis titles.
VMpm8 TIL about Chess960 - a game created by Bobby Fischer which uses the same board and pieces of regular chess, but randomly shuffles the home row to prevent players from relying on memorized strategies and instead rely on their own creativity
loYGB TIL Nintendo's shares skyrocketed when "Pokemon Go" was released in 2016, until investors realized they didn't actually make the game. Stock dropped 17 percent at one point, representing about $6.4 billion in value.
N787b TIL there is a town in Wisconsin called Random Lake. It contains a lake called Random Lake.
b5GQ TIL That IKEA is legally a “nonprofit” organization — a designation which dramatically reduces its tax burden — despite reported global sales of €26bn (≈$28B) annually.