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TIL the insult “Douchebag” was originally a derogatory term for women who were promiscuous.

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78B4b TIL in 2022 a chess-playing robot broke the finger of its 7-year-old opponent after the boy didn't give it enough time to respond & attempted to move again. The robot held his finger in place for 15 seconds before bystanders were able to pry it free. The boy then played with his finger in a cast.
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R78aw TIL that some people can't picture things in their mind and that those people are sometimes surprised to learn that other people CAN picture things in their mind