minus-squareTaniwha420@lemmy.worldtoToday I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL the queen was once the weakest piece in chess until the 15th century, when her powers expanded during a time of rising female monarchs in Europe — changing the game’s pace forever.linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoCheckmate in TWO moves? How? The quickest I know is four. linkfedilink
minus-squareTaniwha420@lemmy.worldtoToday I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL that Sissy Spacek went to China for a film premiere and went to the emperor’s palace for a dinner and drank camel’s-foot-tendon souplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoCool. I went to a Vietnamese restaurant and ate cow bones/tendons/guts soup once. Actually, lots of times. linkfedilink
Checkmate in TWO moves? How? The quickest I know is four.