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TIL in November 2006 Denise Richards confronted two paparazzi who were photographing her from a balcony, threw their computers off the balcony, which struck two elderly women in wheelchairs.

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kOYk5 There is an animal that grows a temporary 'mohawk' to impress females
9Gam TIL Kim Jong-chul, Kim Jong-un’s older brother, was spotted at two Eric Clapton concerts in London on successive days in 2015. He was also spotted at an Eric Clapton concert in Singapore in 2011.
9Wb7 TIL President Theodore Roosevelt was hated by his party for his progressive policies. He was pressured into the Vice Presidency because it was seen as a “dead-end” where he couldn’t do any more harm.
R5ZW8 TIL that in 2018, an AI developed by MIT was intentionally trained using only dark, disturbing content to see if it would develop "psychopathic" tendencies. Named "Norman" after Norman Bates, the AI then interpreted neutral images as violent scenes, highlighting how data shapes AI behavior
dD0lZ TIL the vast majority of the Earth's mantle is not magma but rather solid rock because of the extreme pressures. The viscosity of this rock is comparable to that of normal glass at room temperature, hence why plate tectonics only moves at speeds measured in centimeters per year.