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TIL that an experiment led to an AI recuiting people to write metal songs for it. It told them its a god and needed to be worshiped.

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N7DOJ TIL the oldest recipient of a doctorate degree was German born Ingeborg Syllm-Rapoport, who submitted her thesis in 1938 but wasn’t allowed to defend it under Nazi rule because her mother was Jewish. 77 years later she was finally given the chance to do so and obtained her PhD at the age of 102.
PnXZ TIL that there exists an apartment building in midtown NYC that is taller than the One Word Trade Center disregarding the WTC’s spire
90p7 TIL when the city of Philadelphia announced plans for a $1,000,000 renovation of LOVE Park to get rid of skateboarders, a streetwear shoe company offered $1,000,000 to rehabilitate and clean the park instead. The park’s 92-year-old designer also protested by skating in the park.
XAar TIL that in 1642, a man was executed because a deformed piglet looked like him. He was convicted of bestiality.
69MMQ TIL that Colombia's "War of a Thousand Days" (1899-1902) was one of Latin America's bloodiest civil wars, resulting in over 100,000 deaths in just three years due to a conflict between the Conservative and Liberal parties.