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TIL Royal Bank of Canada provided $3M in funding to expand artificial intelligence and data analytics programs, with a focus on answering big questions for the good of society

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E1Zm0 TIL A man, Denver Lee St. Clair died after being subjected to an atomic wedgie by his 33 year old stepson
QNZZa TIL in 1985, the French President François Mitterrand authorized a state-sponsored terror attack on New Zealand soil, killing a Dutch citizen.
wX4J TIL New Zealand bans all advertising on TV on Christmas, Easter, Good Friday and ANZAC Day
lKvK TIL there is a mosquito species that evolved in the London Underground and can not be found above-ground.
neZYY TIL astronomers use the Pleiades as a test pattern for telescopes. The Hawaiians used it as a marker for their new year and during this time there was a celebration where all wars were stopped and harvest was done. The Japanese name for this cluster is Subaru, which means “coming together as a team"