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TIL that Arnold Schwarzenegger calls RED SONJA his worst film, yet he claims that it’s an excellent disciplinary tool for his children: “I tell them, if they get on my bad side, they’ll be forced to watch Red Sonja ten times in a row. Consequently, none of my kids has ever given me much trouble.”

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loBQB TIL that MIT made a game to gather a human perspective on moral decisions made by AI of self-driving cars. A driverless car must choose the lesser of two evils
9wQRG TIL the soft pillows we use today were historically made of stone. Pillows were first used around 7,000 BC in Mesopotamia. These early pillows were made of stone and carved into the shape of a cradle; they were not intended to be comfortable.
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