Russian chess champion caught poisoning childhood rival with mercury (www.independent.co.uk)
The world of chess has been rocked after a Russian chess champion attempted to poison her childhood rival by covering her pieces in deadly mercury....
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strive for greatness (cannibal.cafe)
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Noah Lyles Wins Bronze in 200 Meters, Then Reveals He Has Covid (www.nytimes.com)
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TIL the mangaka Naoko Takeuchi (Sailor Moon) is married to another famous manga author Yoshihiro Togashi (Hunter x Hunter and Yu Yu Hakusho) (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL George Clooney was asked to play himself in a sketch for the Movie 43 (the gag was that Clooney is bad at picking up women), and Clooney replied "No fucking way." (en.wikipedia.org)
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Election disinformation from Elon Musk is drawing billions of views on X (www.motherjones.com)
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TIL that in the early days of Fed-Ex, there was one time the company couldn't afford the fuel bill for their planes, so the founder took the company's last $5,000 and went to Las Vegas and won $27,000 (en.wikipedia.org)
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Doom and Doom II get a ‘definitive’ re-release that’s packed with upgrades (www.theverge.com)
If you own either game already, you’ll get it for free.
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From Tennessee to Oregon: How lawyers turned the ADA into a ‘shakedown business model’ (www.kgw.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/18438141...
Man vs. machine: DeepMind’s new robot serves up a table tennis triumph (arstechnica.com)
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The "#Art Block" Tag on Tumblr (www.tumblr.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14670395...
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[2015] The disappeared: Chicago police detain Americans at abuse-laden 'black site' (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/18437234...
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Smooth sailing for eggplant: Breakthrough in understanding prickle formation (phys.org)
CRISPR editing to remove Eggplant prickles.
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Would-be owners of Woodbury office building seek 20 years of tax breaks for $32 million project (www.newsday.com)
The prospective owners of a Woodbury office building that’s nearly 40% vacant due to the popularity of remote work are seeking 20 years of tax breaks to turn around the property, officials said....
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TIL the Japanese words 青 (ao) and 青い (aoi) can refer to either blue or green depending on the situation. (en.wikipedia.org)
July ends 13-month streak of global heat records as El Nino ebbs, but experts warn against relief (www.newsday.com)
Earth’s string of 13 straight months with a new average heat record came to an end this past July as the natural El Nino climate pattern ebbed, the European climate agency Copernicus announced Thursday....
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Mexico rejects Ukraine's request to arrest Russia's Putin during visit (www.reuters.com)
The Mexican president on Thursday rejected a request from Ukraine’s government to arrest Vladimir Putin if the Russian leader defies an international arrest warrant and attends the inauguration of Mexico’s next president in October....
13,000-year-old carvings in Turkey may be the world's oldest lunisolar calendar (www.livescience.com)
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hachubby - multitasking (clips.twitch.tv)
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EXO-6 Showcases Star Trek Figure Prototypes, New Full-Size Costume Replicas at STLV (blog.trekcore.com)
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The ‘Star Trek: Section 31’ Movie Sees A “Misfit” Crew Balancing Special Ops Mission And Starfleet Morality (trekmovie.com)
Britain ignored its far-right threat and demonized Muslims. Now racist mobs have spiraled out of control. (www.analystnews.org)
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DOOM Eternal: PC Mods Preview (slayersclub.bethesda.net)
Woman who first shared fake Southport suspect rumour that sparked riots arrested (metro.co.uk)
The woman accused of being first to spread the fake rumours about the Southport killer which sparked nationwide riots has been arrested....
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