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☆ I knew nothing about boats before buying one on a whim. I've now spent 4 years living on it while traveling the world.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( Stephen J. Payne | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

My mother had just died, and I'd decided living in the UK post-Brexit was not for me. Stephen J. PayneThree weeks after purchasing my magnificent vessel, the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and my travel plans were put on hold. Stephen J. PayneThen, I worked my way slowly around the Côte d'Azur. Stephen J. PayneEventually, I started working my way around the Amalfi Coast of Italy, stopping in Livorno, Fiumicino, Capri, and Tropea. Stephen J. PayneThroughout my trip, I've made money doing small jobs as a photographer, but I've mostly been spending my savings.

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☆ Overlooked No More: Sultan Khan, Untrained Chess Player Who Became a Champion
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-27 | by ( Dylan Loeb Mcclain | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. In July 1929, 12 chess players gathered at Chatham House School, a venerable institution in Ramsgate, England, to contest the British championship. In addition, there were differences in the rules of chess played on the subcontinent. For example, pawns could not move two squares on their first turn, and there was no similar rule for castling. The need to adjust to how the game was played in Europe gave Khan ‌a significant handicap‌, particularly in the early phase of games‌.

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