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TIL The first Artificial Intelligence (AI) conference was held in 1956

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6klW TIL the Bowhead whale is by far the longest living mammal in the world and has been know to live up to 211 years. Some have even been found with the tips of ivory spears still lodged in their flesh from failed attempts by whalers of the 1800’s.
m1xXO TIL The Dominoes "Noid" Mascot Was Discontinued After a Man With the Same Name Kidnapped Employees and Later Killed Himself
l7oMB TIL Dinasours have lived in another part of the galaxy. Although this news is quite old, I learned today that dinosaurs wouldn't have even seen the stars that we see today in the sky because they didn't exist until millions of years after the extinction event.
kO8V4 TIL Ancient solar storms can be detected in tree rings
9YVop TIL that the Dead Sea Scrolls discovered in caves in the Judaean Desert from 1945-1956 in 11 caves contain 981 different manuscripts having great historical & religious significance as they include the 2nd oldest manuscripts included in the Hebrew Bible along with extra-biblical manuscripts.