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TIL AlphaGo the AI that beat the World Go Champion Lee Sedol 4-1 in a best of five series, was defeated by it's third version AlphaGo Zero, 100-0. The original AlphaGo learnt from the data of Go matches played by humans, and AlphaGo Zero learnt by playing against itself, no data or human interaction

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d8vpr TIL the schoolchildren who sang "we don't need no education" in Pink Floyd's song "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2" (1979) initially were not paid for their efforts. They were eventually given copies of the album, and the school received a £1,000 donation.
7BaX TIL that the worlds most powerful nuclear-powered icebreaker which routinely visits North Pole can’t cross the equator and sail to southern hemisphere: the tropicals waters are too warm for it to operate
7rnEM TIL Queen Elizabeth II has had a lifelong love for Corgi dogs. She was gifted her 1st Corgi, “Susan,” in 1944 for her 18th b-day. Since ascending to the throne in 1952, Queen Elizabeth had over 30 Corgis, all descendants of her 1st Corgi Susan. The last descendant died 74 years later, in 2018.
mxl7v TIL that certain areas of Hudson Bay, Canada have less gravity than the rest of the world.
J1ZQ TIL that people with active hunting licenses in the US outnumber the active military of China by more than 6 to 1