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How Chess Works What's with the Winchester Mystery House? Trapped in a Meeting: Finding the Scorpion Keep Up With SYSK How Chess Works   Despite its knights, bishops and castles, the game of chess has been around a lot longer since the Medieval Age. And it wasn't even invented in Europe - chess comes from 2nd-century India, when some unknown inventor created what has come to be considered the perfect game. Learn all about the history of chess and how to play it in this engrossing episode of Stuff You Should Know. Trapped in a Meeting How Chess Puzzles Work What computer defeated a champion chess player? What's with the Winchester Mystery House?   After her daughter and husband died, heiress Sarah Winchester became obsessed with the idea that spirits haunted her and to appease them she had to have a house continuously built for them. So she did - 24 hours a day for 38 years. Don't Be Dumb Top 10 Real-life Haunted Houses 10 Eccentric Homes With Hidden Passageways Trapped in a Meeting: Finding the Scorpion   Josh describes an unusual but effective method used to find a lost submarine, where everyone's wrong and yet everyone's also right. Find out what Bayesian search theory has to do with a submarine known as the Scorpion. This Day in History This Day in History: U.S. Election Day Don't Be Dumb: Poisoned Halloween Candy Keep Up With SYSK   Why can't robots get married? How did bullfighting start? How do labor unions work? Join Josh and Chuck as they explore the Stuff You Should Know -- seriously, all of it -- in this podcast from HowStuffWorks.com. SYSK Animated Josh & Chuck on Facebook Stuff You Should Know's RSS Feed At Discovery, we value your privacy. If you would like to adjust your email preferences, please click this link to our subscription center, where you can manage your account. Please click here to unsubscribe. Discovery Communications, LLC One Discovery Place, Silver Spring, MD 20910