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TIL when Einstein famously said “God does not play dice” when he was disenchanted by Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle, Niels Bohr replied: “Stop Telling God what to do.”

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ANKGd TIL in project Cybersyn, Chile almost became the first cybernetic state in the world. It was destroyed in the coup of 1973.
awaBL TIL in 1969, President Nixon proposed a minimum income for poor families known as the Family Assistance Plan (FAP). While it passed in the House, the proposal never made it out of the Senate committee.
yQNMJ TIL That Americans sought comfort TV after 9/11 and watched so much Food Network that the station had to restructure itself to appeal to a general audience. This led to the creation and subsequent rise of reality cooking shows like Chopped and Iron Chef USA.
ANOl TIL that Mike Tyson got into his first fight after an older boy had ripped the head off one of Tyson’s pigeons.
kJnEm TIL that Washington State University has a Taco Bell Distinguished Professorship. It’s apparently named in honor of the founder of Taco Bell who contributed significant financial resources to the University.