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TIL Walt Jr. never encountered Jessie in all 62 episodes of Breaking Bad.

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OowRR TIL that The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) is a collaborative project of volunteers who use freely available software to search for the largest possible prime number
o8Eo TIL our walking speed is affected by whom we’re with. On average, women walking together move the slowest, men slow down 7% when walking with female partners they’re interested in, and men walking with male friends move at speeds faster than either man’s preferred walking speed.
wj4E TIL David Cope created a piece of software called Emily Howell, which could analyze sheet music of an artist and then write songs in the artist’s style. When professional musicians and reviewers were asked which song was written by Beethoven and which by Emily, most were unsure or wrong.
Mexdm TIL about Kryptos. A sculpture of 4 encrypted messages by artist Jim Sanborn at the CIA Langley grounds. The first 3 parts have been solved but the 4th remains a mystery despite continued worldwide efforts to decode it.
mxZdR TIL that male kangaroos can become extremely muscular in order to improve the chance of attracting female kangaroos.