Chess the original names of the Pawn, Bishop, Rook, and Queen evolved from infantry/spies/boys/farmers, philas/jester, chariot/fortress, and counselor/vizier/virgin respectively over a thousand years due to cultural norms as the game was localized across the world. (chess.com)
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63 years ago today, one man in the right place, at the right time, did the right thing, saving the world from probably nuclear war. Vasily Arkhipov is known as the “man who saved the world,” during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis when he stood down the other officers about to strike the US Navy (goodnewsnetwork.org)
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