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TIL That the US Pentagon wants packs of robots that will hunt down “uncooperative humans”

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ANgpd TIL about Scottish guitarist Bert Jansch whose uncredited work influenced Paul Simon, Jimmy Page, and Neil Young. A true folk vagabond, Jansch didn’t even own a guitar in his early career, only playing venues that were willing to lend him one.
Me7Ka TIL during the Great Depression people often made clothes out of feed sacks. Seeing this, distributors started to print their feed sacks with different colours and patterns to help people remain at least somewhat fashionable.
N7nj1 TIL Greek Philosopher Plato was a wrestler in his youth, and that Plato is believed to be his wrestling name.
wpO8 TIL that a tiny (1sq. cm) transparent Australian jellyfish has venom delivering tentacles a metre long, and whose sting causes Irunkandji syndrome, which induces feelings of impending doom, severe pain, and cardiac arrest.
R5D76 TIL in the Netherlands there is a chain of restaurants called 'Brownies & Downies'. The majority of the work force has Down syndrome (link in Dutch).