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TIL There are chatbots made using AI that replicates a dead relative.

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epymk TIL that in 1983 a Mexcian Gulftstream jet was forced to make an emergency landing on the Mallow Racecourse near Cork, Ireland and subsequently was stuck there for 39 days until a locals were able to construct a temporary runway to allow the plane to take off again
yxKX TIL - Lyndon Johnson ordered a pair of pants with extra room from his “nuts” to his “bunghole”.
kJWE4 TIL George Michael worked and re-worked his song "Careless Whisper" for 2 and half year's before finally releasing it. He went thru 8 saxophonists before finally settling on Steve Gregory who was able to play the riff exactly as Michael heard it in his head. The song topped charts in ten countries
J1PK8 TIL in the 1971 movie Duel, directed by Spielberg, the same truck was used in all the scenes and the the dramatic destruction at the end had to be filmed in a single shot since they didn’t have a backup truck
VMWyB All contagious diseases are infectious, but not all infectious diseases are contagious. Contagious diseases are infectious diseases that are easily spread through contact with other people.