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TIL Banging your head against a wall burns 150 calories an hour.

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P1K6g TIL Karpov vs. Kasparov, World Chess Championship 1984 match lasted for five months & five days. FIDE President Florencio Campomanes unilaterally terminated the match, citing the players' health despite both players wanting to continue. Karpov is said to have lost 10 kg over the course of the match.
QDXp TIL in 1740, a 16-Year-Old English Boy, having been convicted of rape and murder, was hanged by the neck for 20 minutes. After being cut down, his body was sent to be dissected when he began to show signs of life. After making a full recovery, his sentence was commuted to exile.
GANKg TIL about the Lickey Incline which is located south of Birmingham and has a 26.5% gradient
gMMkb Despite its gusty reputation as a "gas giant," Jupiter's blood-red clouds hide a dense, rocky core that's perhaps 20 times as massive as Earth.
LLZ0 TIL that Nelson Rockefeller, once vice President of the United States, died at age 79. of a heart attack rumoured to be caused during sex with his assistant. The New York Magazine quipped: “Nelson thought he was coming, but he was going”