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TIL in Lewis Carroll’s through the looking glass, Alice’s movements through the book map out a playable game of chess

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woGgY TIL Benedict Arnold burned down New London, Connecticut after the Battle of Groton Heights on September 6th, 1781
WZML TIL that Tenochtitlan was possibly the highest populated city in the world before its fall, with 5 miles of aqueducts, a ten mile levee, and one of the most complicated class systems in the world at the time. Cortés of Spain leveled the entire city in 75 days.
WkyPo TIL that Screamin' Jay Hawkins, legendary blues man best known for his song "I put a spell on you", is estimated to have between 57 and 75 illegitimate children.
LnGQ TIL that one of the founders and lead guitarist of Blind Melon is now an employment lawyer in Philadelphia.
M7XpB TIL that a third type of twins exist: "Semi-identical" - When a single egg is fertilized by two sperm and then splits.