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TIL Bobby Fischer who is considered to be the greatest chess player of all time spent the last 16 years of his life in exile after the United States put a warrant out for his arrest for violating sanctions by participating in a chess tournament held in Yugoslavia which was under a trade embargo.

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yQx9J TIL The Epic of Gilgamesh is often regarded as the earliest surviving great work of literature and the second oldest religious text.
L1RZ TIL there will be a comet passing Earth in Oct-Nov 2013 that may be bright enough to see in the daylight with the naked eye!
JYL7B TIL the Mughal Emperors of India kept over 1,000 tamed cheetahs for use in hunting. Because cheetahs do not breed in captivity this caused their extinction in India.
wVY7 TIL that the surgical masks people wear in Asia aren’t due to fear of infection, but rather as a courtesy to others if they are feeling sick.
7rg0O TIL that in 1989, 2 black toddlers vanished from the same play park in New York in the space of 2 months. Before both child disappeared, they were spotted playing with the same brother & sister.