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TIL Microsoft released the AI chatbot Tay (short for "Thinking About You"), designed to mimic a 19-year-old American, on March 23, 2016. It became a PR disaster when it learned offensive language from trolls, causing Microsoft to shut it down after just 16 hours and sparking debates on AI ethics.

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loGn5 TIL: Some cultures use remoras to catch turtles. When a turtle is sighted from a boat, a remora is released attached by a rope; it heads directly for the turtle and fastens itself to the turtle's shell, and then both remora and turtle are hauled in.
W7eEN TIL about Major Money, who was born in Montreal weeks before Canada, moved with his family to England as an infant, fought in the Boer War and WW I, and returned to Canada to operate a hotel on Vancouver Island, where he hosted, among others, Bob Hope, Errol Flynn and Shirley Temple.
vJW4 TIL that one-third of humanity (including 60% of Europeans and 80% of North Americans) live in such light polluted areas that the Milky Way is not visible at night.
Z8k9v TIL that the 1st WTC attack resulted in 28 people being rescued from the roof with helicopters.
0d0NN TIL Andrew Garfield had never sung professionally before playing Jonathan Larson in the musical Tick, Tick…Boom! (2021). But after taking a year to vocally prepare before filming the role, he ended up earning an Oscar nomination for Best Actor.