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TIL in 1991 after Pee-Wee Herman was arrested in Florida for masturbating in an adult theater, Bill Cosby defended Herman saying, “Whatever he’s done, this is being blown all out of proportion”.

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WkM5X TIL about the Feed a Bee initiative that has provided funding for pollinator-attracting plantings in all 50 states, and continues to do so to support bee populations
epBvk TIL Ronald Reagan would eat jelly beans to help him quit smoking. He had over 300 thousand jelly beans shipped to the White House each month, he would give them away to visitors and staff regularly. His favorite flavor was black licorice and there are special "Jelly Belly Ronald Reagan" packs.
9YaxX TIL that in the history of AI research there's a time period called as AI winter, it is a period of reduced funding and interest in artificial intelligence research. A few scientists survived that. And currently we're in the AI spring, where AI is doing wonders.
nWjE7 TIL that researchers actually studied the brain activity of free-style rappers to figure out how they improvise lyrics on the go.