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TIL Bobby Fischer, one of the greatest chess players of all time was issued a warrant for his arrest by the United States for playing a chess match which would ultimately be his final competitive match.

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Ok1R TIL a National Geographic photographer (Arctic specialist) felt “true love” for, and nurtured by, a 1000 lb. leopard seal that could “kill you in an instant” He spent 4 days in the water with her while she continually tried to feed him penguins. (On the link story starts around 51 minutes in)
wPA7 TIL Jon Bon Jovi’s restaurant “Soul Kitchen” does not include menu prices. Instead they accept donations for meals, or if you can’t afford it you can volunteer in the kitchen as payment.
ADN7o TIL In 1986, London's bakers apologised for the Great Fire of London, 320 years after it happened.
7gO TIL that the Ancient Olympic Games were held for over 1000 years from 776 BC until 394 AD, when the last emperor of the Roman Empire suppressed the Games as part of his effort to end all “pagan cults and practices” and impose Christianity as a state religion.
l7lDG TIL of the Erfurt latrine disaster where nobles of the Holy Roman Empire drowned in liquid excrement