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TIL that Computers have beat man at every game but one — the ancient Chinese board game Go. It is the oldest game in the world at which man remains the undisputed champion.

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mNPP TIL: NASA has made hundreds of thousands of technical reports covering technology, research, and science available through a free and searchable archive on the Internet.
NDA8 TIL Irishman William Brooke O'Shaughnessy’s medical research led to the development of intravenous therapy and introduced the therapeutic use of Cannabis sativa to Western medicine In 1841.
R5D96 TIL an Argentinian government official was once caught red-handed at 4AM hiding $7 million in cash at a convent with the aid of nuns (in their 80s)
Y7aEB TIL Gorilla trekking success rate to find mountain gorilla groups in their natural habitat in Uganda and Rwanda is about 99%. There is always an advance team to locate and monitor gorillas before trekking begins
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