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TIL the United States Army has an Esports team

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j6bna TIL The youngest grandmaster ever is Abhimanyu Mishra. At just 12 years old, he was able to become a chess grandmaster.
BrwXe TIL on April 18, 1930 the BBC made an announcement at the beginning of its daily radio program that there was no news. For the rest of the 15-minute time slot, the station played only piano music and it became known in history as The Day Without News’
MenJB TIL in 1938, Charles A. Lindbergh received the Service Cross of the German Eagle, presented to him by Hermann Goering on behalf of Adolf Hitler. The medal was partially for his feats of flying but also for being an ardent proponent of Nazi Germany's military superiority and American isolationism.
El5p TIL: Top gear UK was chased out of an Argentinian village by Falklands war veterans throwing rocks
XEB6D TIL that former US President Richard Nixon was on the cover of Time magazine 55 times, the most of any individual.