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TIL the French Intelligence services blew up a Greenpeace ship in a New Zealand port, killing a photographer on board.

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Z8wjR TIL whenever you look at a watch in advertising, it's usually set at 10:10 for a number of reasons including: the hands are fully visible and not overlapping, you can see the manufacturer's logo clearly, and according to Timex, it makes the products look "happier" by simulating a smiley face.
KYELQ TIL the Burger King commercial song (Whopper Whopper Whopper Whopper Junior Double Triple Whopper, etc.) was based on a similar 1974 Burger King commercial "Have it your way"
5Y5lD TIL a Canadian hitchhiking robot that relied on the kindness of strangers to travel from place to place had its arms and head ripped off after one day in Philadelphia having travelled peacefully around Canada for 26 days.
oRlVo TIL heat kills more people than hurricanes, tornadoes and floods combined.
W79j4 TIL a Goldman Sachs report believes close to 300 million jobs will be lost to AI. It could replace a quarter of the workforce in US and Europe.