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TIL fruit flies enjoy having sex, and will resort to alcohol if they can’t get it.

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rRPde TIL that Tay was an artificial intelligence bot that was released by Microsoft via Twitter on March 23, 2016; it caused controversy when the bot began to post inflammatory and offensive tweets through its Twitter account, causing Microsoft to shut down the service only 16 hours after its launch.
verj TIL David Hayter, voice for solid snake in metal gear solid series, wrote the screenplay for the X-Men and X-Men 2 films.
R7yy8 TIL you’re supposed to change the direction of your ceiling fan for summer vs winter fans.
ANNew TIL James Madison blamed his 1777 campaign defeat to a less principled opponent on his decision not to provide free liquor to voters on Election Day.
A4wo TIL to eliminate all the elusive invasive goats in the Galapagos, researchers attached a GPS to a ‘Judas goat’ who would, because of its gregarious nature, seek out other goats. It was then tracked down, the group killed, but with the 'traitor’ left alive to repeat the cycle.