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TIL There are over 400 million ways of delivering checkmate in the first 5 moves of a chess game.

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Ajdd TIL Plan B (contraceptive) doesn’t work for fat women. Even after being given a double dose of Plan B, the pill has been found completely ineffective for women over 175lbs. (Obviously taking into account height and mass)
VBV8G TIL about Chladni patterns - visual representations of vibrational modes on a flat surface. When a plate vibrates at certain frequencies, standing waves form, creating nodal lines with no movement. Sprinkled powder gathers along these lines, revealing intricate patterns.
GYDQG TIL the wax in paper cups is actually a plastic called Polyethylene or PE, the most commonly used plastic in the world and is practically non-recyclable.
xQ11 TIL when the Supreme Court ruled against the Indian Removal Act, President Andrew Jackson ignored their decision and took Indian lands anyway.
E1kE0 TIL The city of Berlin, Ontario, changed its name in 1916 to Kitchener because of Anti-German sentiment. They very nearly called it Corona.