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TIL elite chess grandmasters can play multiple games of chess blindfolded simultaneously with great success

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D1wDD TIL of the 1925 Shakee Massacre, where over a hundred peaceful Chinese protesters were gunned down in Guangzhou, China. The perpetrators were not punished and refused to even apologize.
AD41n TIL that the small "climbing boys" who were forced up chimneys to clean them sometimes had fires lit underneath them deliberately to encourage them to climb if they were reluctant, and would sometimes get caught in the flames and burn to death
mxwno TIL that Japan has a phone to call the dead. The "wind phone" was created by a man named Itaru Sasaki, who thought that it would be a healing way to talk to his cousin who had passed away—even if the conversation was one-sided. Others now also use the phone in order to feel closer to their deceased.
8a0VP TIL 26 is the only number that is 1 away from both a square (55= 25) and a cube (33*3= 27). This is the result of an equation y^3 - x^2 =2
LRNp TIL : A single asteroid can contain US$20 trillion worth of metals.