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TIL that in chess is possible to checkmate in only two moves (Fool’s mate)

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ZOov TIL The Rwandan genocide - which caused 1 millions deaths - is agreed to be the direct cause of the First and Second Congo Wars, which caused 80000 deaths and 5.4 million deaths respectively. This means the Rwandan genocide probably caused 7.2 million deaths in total.
neB5W TIL that Nazis ordered the Minsk Ghetto to turn over a Jewish resistance leader, Hersh Smolar, hiding in a hospital. They handed over a bloody passport and said he'd been killed in a roundup shooting. The Nazis fell for it. Smolar survived the war.
NX7Ge TIL - Until 2013 Pizza Hut was the largest purchaser of Kale in the US - they used it to decorate the salad bar
nR5b TIL that Michigan and Ohio almost went to war over a small strip of land and the city of Toledo
P1LNg TIL that people who attempted suicide are statistically likely to have chronic inflammation (a faulty immune system response where you basically get sick for no reason all the time).