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TIL Alan Turing (the father of Computers and AI) is most cited for a paper on biology

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LoXv TIL The South Pole experiences a 6-month period of darkness, during which scientists at the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station have a tradition of watching The Thing, a movie about a humanoid alien who attacks an Arctic research outpost.
wKK7 TIL That The PTC (Parents Television Council) is responsible for the most content complaints ever sent to the FCC and is listed as a Hate Group on Wikipedia.
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8el7Z TIL Britan was the first country to use Agent Orange during the Malayan Emergency in 1952 which the US viewed as justification to use it in Vietnam