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

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pYN9G TIL mole Robert Hanssen was caught because a tape the FBI paid $7 million in part to get contained a quote from a Patton speech, "the purple-pissing Japanese", and the agent listening to the tape remembered Hanssen using the same phrase once.
xbWk TIL there are many species of hallucinogenic fish, that can affect you for days, with no known active compound
4Xxao TIL 40s Hollywood talent agent Henry Wilson had a stable of young, attractive clients (including Rock Hudson) who he frequently coerced into sexual relationships in exchange for publicity and film roles. He died destitute, & was buried in an unmarked grave.
ne8OP TIL old school talk box toys were powered by a plastic "vinyl" on a minute turntable
x9o0 TIL the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that a police officer did not need a radar gun to confirm that a motorist was speeding, but that the officer’s visual estimate of speed was enough for a conviction