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TIL William Sessions (FBI director until 1993) became a lawyer for the Russian mob's international leader

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XvKk TIL that to prepare IBM’s Watson for Jeopardy, researchers inputted the entirety of Urban Dictionary. Unfortunately, this had the side effect of Watson adopting profanity. In one test, it even used the word “bullshit” to respond to a researcher’s query.
wdgJ TIL that the happiest marriages are those where the wife is able to calm down quickly after arguments.
x0Y7 TIL that the singular form of “spaghetti” is “spaghetto”
8MPa TIL Patrick Stewart lost his hair at 18 due to alopecia
NXpaJ TIL: The dollar value of a human life