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TIL that whale songs can be used to map out the ocean floor, and the songs help to monitor earthquakes.

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WkpAX TIL that in 1966 a computer scientist wrote a program, called ELIZA, intended to demonstrate the superficiality of communication between people and machines. Instead it came to be seen as a therapy program and fooled a remarkable number of people into believing that the computer had feelings.
yQKwJ TIL about 20% of Greenland's population (56,186) have attempted suicide.
Ypm4x TIL that Frank Goldsmith, Jr., a Titanic survivor who later lived near Navin Field (Tiger Stadium) in Detroit, never took his children to baseball games because the roar of the crowd reminded him of the screams of people dying in the freezing water.
l775G TIL The Colorado River has not flowed into the ocean since 1998.
e0JME TIL that if grazing animals eat too many corn lilies, their offspring are likely to be born with one eye. This is because a chemical found in the corn lily plant interrupts brain development, causing the fetus to present with cyclopia.