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TIL about Roko’s Basilisk - a thought experiment about a super intelligent AI that will punish us in future for not helping create it today

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WkR4L TIL 'Margaritaville' Jimmy Buffett Song Named Most Profitable Song Ever
QN4YE TIL that the village of Shani Shingnapur in Maharashtra has no doors on its houses and shops. Locals believe that Lord Shani, the Hindu god of Saturn, guards the village and any thief who tries to steal will be punished by the deity. The village has had no thefts or robberies in recorded history.
e07Lk TIL that the U.S. Air Force successfully deployed a reconnaissance drone capable of Mach 3.3... almost fifty years ago
dDP8E TIL that Venezuela has one of the highest levels of European admixture in Latin America,about 61% ranking it just behind Argentina and Brazil.
gM7L4 TIL in the US in the late 19th Century it was briefly fashionable for people to form "13 Clubs" where they would dine in groups of 13, walk under ladders, spill salt at the table, etc. to demonstrate their lack of superstition. Several future US Presidents participated.