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TIL Chess was invented in India
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TIL Thurgood Marshall, the first black Supreme Court Justice, liked to poke fun at his conservative colleagues. He would greet the Chief Justice with "What's shakin', Chiefy Baby?"
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TIL Nirvana’s album In Utero was recorded in only 2 weeks, and all instrumentation was recorded together as a band. Grohl’s drumset alone had 30 mics positioned around it.
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TIL the US gov has held a stockpile of 1 billion cubic meters of helium since 1925. This is due to post WW1 fear that we may run out of helium in case of blimp warfare.
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TIL If you eat beetroot the body has difficulty in breaking down betalain, the chemical that gives it its red colour. When you go to the toilet chances are your urine will be red/pink in colour and is called beeturia.
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TIL Between 1975 and 2010, the population of India doubled to 1.2 billion, reaching the billion mark in 2000. India overtook China to become the most populous country at the end of April 2023. India's population stands at slightly over 1.428 billion, edging past China's 1.425 billion people.