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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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ZL5v TIL that in July of 2015, Mitchelle Blair received a life sentence without possibility for parole after torturing and murdering two of her four children, ages 9 and 13, based on claims from her youngest child that the two had molested him. She then stored their bodies in her home freezer.
Y7G7G TIL that 5 players played all nine positions in one game in MLB history.
x6mJD TIL That the iconic theme from ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Galaxy’ was an Eagles track
5Y4XB TIL Jim Carey auditioned for SNL three times but was never cast
4kB45 TIL that the largest vampire bat in history attacked animals as large as deer. The wingspan of 'Desmodus draculae' was 20 inches. It may have inspired a Mayan bat-god, and legends of a vulture-sized blood-eating bat. Believed extinct, but stories continue of "large bats attacking cattle and horses".