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

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O7X1 TIL after an 81yo Colorado man died on a snowy hiking trail, a helicopter crashed trying to reach him. Once rescue workers finally got to his body, they found his loyal Golden Retriever at his side protecting his body from coyotes and other scavangers
XE6Rj TIL: Switzerland is famous for their strict neutrality, however Sweden has been neutral for as long as Switzerland. Switzerland fought their last war in 1815, Sweden in 1814. Neither are members of NATO nor participated in either World War.
6ebX TIL that in France in Sept. 1944, Technician Robert D. Maxwell threw himself on a grenade to save his fellow soldiers. Though badly injured, he survived and was awarded the Medal of Honor.
YpZJZ TIL that in 1970, a fighter pilot was forced to eject during a training mission. His plane, however, righted itself and continued flying for miles, finally touching down gently in a farmer's field. It earned the nickname "The Cornfield Bomber."
e8xJ TIL that Bill Hader worked at a movie theater in college and was fired for telling rude customers how “Titanic” ended