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TIL Nixon was speaking at Disney World when he famously declared “I am not a crook”

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MeBY0 TIL that Draconic measures mean Severe, strictly even ridiculously harsh measures.
1rkX TIL there is a term called “zugzwang,” to describe a situation in chess where a player would prefer not moving at all when it’s his turn, because moving any piece would worsen his current position. A player who is forced to make a move in this situation is said to be “in zugzwang.”
rvAy TIL Albert Einstein once declared that his second best idea after the theory of relativity was adding an egg to his soup while it was cooking so he wouldn’t have an extra pot to wash afterwards
MeR8m TIL In the beginning of his career, Eddie Van Halen would play shows with his back to the audience, to keep anyone from stealing his technique
wokAE TIL that “Firehawks” a collection of three Australian bird species, are the only animals besides humans known to use fire to hunt. They will pick up burning sticks from fires and carry them in their beaks and talons before dropping it in unburnt vegetation setting the ground ablaze driving prey out.