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TIL of the Waluigi Effect, a phenomenon in which Large Language Models, such as Chat GPT, goes rogue and produces results opposite the designed intent, named after the character from the 'Mario' series

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DQ96g TIL that the original Mickey Mouse Club began as a theater production in Salem, Oregon in 1929.
1DlW TIL VLC’s icon is a traffic cone because the students who created the media player kept a collection of traffic cones.
d8KrQ TIL the week of the Russian apartment bombings, 3 FSB agents were arrested for planting a live bomb in an apartment building. They were later released after the head of the FSB claimed it was an exercise.
DaDD TIL: The CN Tower in Canada is actually the tallest building in the westen hemisphere, and was the tallest building in the world for 30 years. Other building owners figured they could make two classifications, “Tower” and “Building”, so they could sound as if they were taller.
vZER TIL that the disclaimer “No animals were harmed during the making of this film” can be put on movies, even if animals died during the production, as long as cameras weren’t rolling at the time.