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TIL that Google’s Artificial-Intelligence Bot says the purpose of living is ‘to live forever’

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l7a6r TIL: jumping spiders exist [disturbing content alert]
4XDGb TIL that there is a poem written in 1936 by David Shulman called Washington Crossing the Delaware, a 14-line rhyming sonnet in which every line is an anagram of the title
lojd5 TIL singer-songwriter James Blunt served as a captain in the British Army. During the Kosovo war he took along his guitar which was strapped to the outside of his tank and would perform for troops and locals. He also intended to refuse an order to attack Russians to prevent WW3.
Xo66 TIL that after more than 5,000 episodes and 22 seasons, the Jerry Springer Show is still airing on tv
Kep9 TIL Only very tiny amounts of the chemical in trick noisemakers can be prepared at once, as even the weight of the crystals can cause them to self-detonate.