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TIL that Henry Kissinger was an honorary member of the Harlem Globetrotters

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GYw0J TIL Bobby Fischer invented the Fischer clock, the standard chess clock in major tournaments. It was even used in his match against Spassky in 1992. Fischer later complained he was cheated out of the royalties.
gMYPA TIL a baby penguin was born without feathers in a Chinese zoo and was thus rejected by his parents, but the zookeepers found out he had digestion problems so they fed him by hand until he grew feathers and was reunited with his parents
5VJE9 TIL the first crime involving a Glory Hole was in 1707, which involved the extortion of a man known in the documents only as Mr Guillam
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