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TIL: China is running multiple AI experiments which include grading students as focused or distracted based on their facial recognition data without students' consent.

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8174 TIL that during the Rwanda Genocide, Hotel Manager Paul Rusesabagina hid 1,268 refugees in his hotel, none of which were hurt or killed.
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