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TIL an MIT developed AI became much better at playing a video game after the programmers made it read the manual for it.

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8evxL TIL In perfecting the design of their first aircraft, the Wright Brothers built and tested prototypes inside of a Wind Tunnel - to which they credited the bulk of their aircraft’s success.
e08nJ TIL about Foinavon, the horse that won the 1967 Grand National at 100/1 odds when the other horses became involved in a pile-up.
O6JR TIL in 1879 a Native American had to sue the United States Government to prove that he was legally a person
OG9Z1 TIL that the I.C.’s oldest member, the Naval Intelligence Enterprise (NIE), can trace its origins back to the revolutionary era.
VBWx0 TIL that Louis Braille, who lost his sight at the age of 3 due to an accident, went on to invent the Braille system of reading and writing for the blind at just 15 years old. His system revolutionized accessibility for the visually impaired and is still used worldwide today.