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TIL of Emory Andrew Tate Jr, a black American chess Master, once described as “a trailblazer for African-American chess”. He is also the father of Andrew Tate.

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eWPD TIL that the western world has donated over US$1 trillion dollars to Africa in the last 50 years.
rN7Z0 TIL about the Dreyfuss Affair a political scandal that divided the Third French Republic from 1894 until its resolution in 1906. The scandal began in December 1894 when Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a 35-year-old Alsatian French artillery officer of Jewish descent, was convicted of treason.
Mjxb TIL that if the last of Iberian lynx population died out, it would be the first feline species to become extinct since prehistoric times.
0d9ZR TIL about Nobel Disease, when Nobel Prize winners come out with ludicrous or objectionable theories in areas outside their area of expertise later on in life. Example: Montagnier, who discovered HIV, believe that DNA gave off electromagnetic signals :0
wLZm1 TIL about Nameless, Texas. After submitting six names in order to get a post office and having all six rejected, citizens responded by stating, "Let the post office be nameless and be damned!" The government accepted this suggestion and the town of Nameless was born.