nWMld TIL punch cards originated in the textile industry with complex weaving patterns being encoded and executed
4kW4b TIL Labubu is in fact NOT slang for libido
x6nX0 TIL the saying, "You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain," is from the film The Dark Knight (2008).
5VRnD TIL that the Pearl Jam song “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” was given an absurdly long name because the band felt too many of its songs had one-word titles.
M7pXB TIL about Model Collapse. When an AI learns from other AI generated content, errors can accumulate, like making a photocopy of a photocopy over and over again.
j6bep TIL that a series called "Manga de Dokuha" adapts 139 classic works into manga, including Bible, Quran, Heart Sutra, Book of the Dead, Divine Comedy, Discourse on Method, The Social Contract, On the Origin of Species, The Antichrist, Theory of Relativity, Wealth of Nations, Capital, and Mein Kampf.
0dxeM TIL that until scientist started growing cuttings, there was only one Putuo Hornbeam tree left in this world, a single 200 year old tree behind a mountaintop temple.
grbW7 TIL The UK has only electrified 38% of its rail.
LQGXv TIL Manon Rhéaume was the first woman to play in a National Hockey League (NHL) game, which also made her the first woman to play in any of the major professional North American sports leagues (September 23, 1992).
b6bo4 TIL that an Oceanian football club named Real Kakamora were once considered to be the WORST team in the world, as they’ve suffered 3 winless seasons in a 12-year span. However, due to recent online success, the team has improved greatly and nearly qualified for the Oceania Champions League!
QN5y9 TIL the fastest drag racer is a woman, Brittany Force.
ANBgo TIL up to 90% of all global deaths from acute radiation sickness since 1945 have occurred at a single facility: The Mayak Production Association in Chelyabinsk