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TIL in a Study by Anthropic, Its AI (Claude) Attempted to Cheat Its Training Data and Steal Its Own Weights When Given the Opportunity to Do So

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Z807Y TIL: "Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God" was a motto suggested for the Seal of the United States. Jefferson eventually appropriated it for his own seal. The source of the motto is not known for certain, but may have originated with Benjamin Franklin.
ne47b TIL the earliest known entry of an internet search on the word “jihad” was in reference to a 1990s anti-Barney the Dinosaur online community called “The Jihad to Destroy Barney.”
epwN6 TIL in 1978, two men dug up Charlie Chaplin's body and held it for $600,000 ransom. (They were caught and the body recovered later that year.)
xVpGg TIL 10% of all people over the age of 60 have Alzheimer's disease, and as many as 50% of people over 85 have it. The number of people with the disease doubles every 5 years beyond age 65.
wgB1 TIL J. R. R. Tolkien received from a fan a goblet with the Ring inscription on it in Black Speech. Because the Black Speech in general is an accursed language, and the Ring inscription in particular is a vile spell, Tolkien never drank out of it, and used it only as an ashtray.