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TIL that there was an A.I. bot "Tay", developed by Microsoft, turned into a massive internet troll after a day on Twitter.

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dDylK TIL in 2017, NASA successfully communicated commands 13 billion miles away to Voyager 1 and got it to fire up its thrusters which were not in use since 37 years
ENlX TIL The C.I.A. keeps a Flickr account. It has hundreds of declassified maps, diagrams and photos.
JD8Q TIL The worst breach of U.S. military computers in history happened when someone picked up a memory stick they found in the parking lot and plugged it into their computer, which was attached to United States Central Command.
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gMoK4 TIL That during Eurovision 1978 the Jordanian broadcaster censored the Israeli performance, instead showing pictures of flowers. When it became apparent that Israel would win, the broadcast was cut off and it was announced that Belgium had won instead.