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TIL Berlin still hasn’t recovered its pre-WW2 population

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rNpYo Today I learned there is a Museum Dedicated to Fossilized Dinosaur Poop
epWRn TIL AI scientists put a 1 in 6 chance that AI advances will lead to human extinction or similarly permanent and severe disempowerment of the human species
j67Ov TIL the president of NBC at the time tried to persuade the creator of Family Ties to replace Michael J. Fox. He said "that’s not a face you’re going to see on a lunchbox". Fox later had a lunchbox made with his picture on it and sent it to the exec with a note, "this is for you to put your crow in".
l70kA TIL Alzheimer’s can pass between humans in rare medical accidents
a8oGy TIL that an American cybersecurity company used the floating patterns in lava lamps to create a random number generator for encryption purposes.