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TIL Chess was invented in India

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pYAZe TIL that singer Avril Lavigne was banned from performing in Malaysia in 2008 because her concert was deemed too sexy.However,the ban was lifted shortly after.
R7JVw TIL neuroticism is most strongly associated with increased risk for depression and higher psychological distress. Although intelligence indicates no consistent effects on depression, it does increase the risk for depression once neuroticism is adjusted for.
PYP0G TIL that Thailand offered to send elephants to the USA during the civil war. Lincoln declined on the basis that steam engines would make the elephants more trouble than they were worth, but was extremely grateful and deferential in his reply nonetheless.
0nBN TIL the quote “Do you think God stays in heaven because he, too, lives in fear of what he’s created?” is from Spy Kids 2
LkxnZ TIL during a 2000 celebrity edition episode of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire", comedian Norm MacDonald made it to the million dollar question, but passed on it to not risk it. However, his anwer was right.