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TIL Legendary distiller Jack Daniels’ last words were “One last drink, please.”

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VMKPG TIL there are more possible iterations of chess games than there are atoms in the observable universe.
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jL6p TIL an optimized road trip stopping at a major landmark in most of Europe would take roughly 14 days of driving to complete
grvB9 TIL ants that farm aphids influence the aphids’ genes in a similar way that we do with cows. Aphid-farming ants prefer and select for red/green polymorphism.
wL5M8 TIL that Ridley Scott had plans to adapt the dystopian novel Brave New World into a movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Ridley Scott ultimately had trouble doing the book justice and stated, “I don’t know what to do with Brave New World. It’s tough….when you reanalyze it, maybe it should stay a book".