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TIL that the president of the World Chess Federation believes that chess was invented by aliens

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74ex TIL A team of stonemasons, carpenters, blacksmiths, quarrymen, tile makers and workers of other professions are painstakingly building a medieval castle from scratch, using only tools, materials and techniques available in the Middle Ages.
OkvR TIL horseshoe crabs’ blood does not contain hemoglobin. Instead, it contains hemocyanin, giving it a blue color. It also contains immune cells called amebocytes, which are used in medicine to detect bacterial endotoxins.
N7DwN TIL One nuclear fuel pellet, roughly the size of a pencil eraser, provides as much energy as one ton of coal or nearly 150 gallons of oil.
M49B TIL: Some airlines will not let an adult male passenger sit next to an unaccompanied child. British Airways was sued because of this practice and lost, admitting to sex discrimination. They have since ended the policy but other airlines still defend it.
RWV9 TIL: Cocksucker Blues is an unreleased documentary film about The Rolling Stones. Even though the band had commissioned the film, they decided that it was embarrassing and incriminating and did not want it shown. A court order forbids it from being shown unless the director is physically present.