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TIL the first AI generated image was created in the 1970s

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9bQm TIL that Arnold Schwarzenegger was not excited about making The Terminator and told an interviewer that a pair of shoes he had for the movie was for “…some shit movie I’m doing, take a couple weeks”. He considered the movie was low profile enough that it wouldn’t risk his career if it bombed.
wjWY TIL The worlds most isolated tree, 400 km away from anything, died when a drunk truck driver hit it in 1973.
ep7Wg TIL the Love Shack made famous by the B-52’s in their 1989 hit song was real, its tin roof was actually rusted, but it unfortunately burned down in 2004.
Z86Bp TIL that a 1992 Japanese TV show combined English lessons with gymnastic exercise programs. On the show, three gymnasts would perform synchronized exercises while chanting phrases like, "Hasta la vista, baby," "Spare me my life!", "I was robbed by two men!", and "I have a bad case of diarrhea."
RmE8 TIL of Cunningham’s Law: “The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question, it’s to post the wrong answer.”