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TIL: In chess boxing, after 6 rounds of chess & 5 rounds of boxing (switching every 3 min), a player can win by knockout, technical knockout, or checkmate.

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ANLva TIL that in 1947 a researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison mutated Penicillium Roqueforti (blue cheese mold), accidentally creating a colorless "blue" cheese. The cheese made from this mutated mold was dubbed Nuworld cheese, and is still being produced for sale in small quantities.
e6kE TIL that once the Babylonians could predict when solar eclipses would occur, they would install a substitute king during this period. As they believed that these eclipses were an evil omen, this substitute king could be blamed. (He usually was killed after - of course making the omen true.)
JYKE4 TIL the inventor of the functional component of the Magic 8-Ball was inspired by a spirit writing device used by his mother, a clairvoyant.
Vkmp TIL There is about 0.2 milligrams of gold in our bodies, most of which is in our blood.
lLPV TIL that “Butt” is a medieval unit of measurement for wine. A butt load of wine is 129 gallons.