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Podcast: Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
Episode: Bishops Used To Be Elephants, And Other Wild Stories About How Chess Pieces Got Their Names
Description: Today is International Chess Day, so here are a few of the stories about how which pieces were on the board changed over the centuries. Plus: today in 1969, humans landed on the moon. The world was in awe - except for one famous artist.
How did chess pieces get their names? (Big Think)
“It Means Nothing To Me”: Picasso Unimpressed by Moon Landing (Hyperalllergic)
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