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TIL Drivers were banned from drinking alcohol during the Indianapolis 500 in 1914. This came a year after Jules Goux drank 3 bottles of champagne during the 1913 race.
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TIL Checkless Chess is a variant of chess where check is illegal unless it is checkmate
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TIL Major James Robertson of Australian Army once stole one of the only 20 German tanks from no man’s land, while being attacked by machine gun and mustard gas.
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TIL That the name “Jesus” is the greek attempt at a translation of the hebrew name Yeshua, which itself is derived from “Yehoshua” which has since developed into “Joshua”
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TIL that J. R. R. Tolkien, in a letter to his son Christopher, referred to World War 2 as the “War of the Machines,” and remarked that machines would be “the only victor.” He was highly critical of the harsh tactics employed by either side during the conflict.