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TIL that not all people have an inner dialogue/monologue .

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kO9J4 TIL the last known win at chess by a human against a top performing computer under normal tournament conditions was in 2005
e0m66 TIL 2001 alone saw the release of games such as Halo, GTA III, Max Payne, Devil May Cry, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Metal Gear Solid 2, Ico, Final Fantasy X, Sonic Adventure 2, SSX Tricky, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Pikmin, and more games now considered classic blockbusters
1je8 TIL that 37% of public school teachers use personal money to buy food more than once a month for their hungry students. They spend an average of $35/month. With 3.1M teachers in the US, teachers are spending about $400M/year of their personal money to feed hungry students.
l7laG TIL that the Captain Planet Foundation charity still exists and focuses on helping food insecure families and providing gardening essentials to schools as well as environmental issues
Wa5L TIL a failed 1970s natural gas operation in Turkmenistan was set alight to prevent the buildup of suffocating gasses in the area and it’s still burning 40 years later