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TIL Brendenn Bremmer was a genius–started reading as a toddler, played piano at age 3, delivered a high school commencement speech at age 10, and breezed through college courses with an IQ of 178–who committed suicide at age 14 with no warning signs of depression and no explanation or suicide note

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awE4b TIL The Royal Bank of Canada is investing heavily in artificial intelligence, and now has more than 200 data scientists. It has identified a number of digital "ecosystems" where its clients live and work within which the bank believes it can play an "integral role in the future"
W7g7o TIL the guy who sang the Gummi Bears theme was also adult Simba's singing voice. And the lead singer of Toto. And composer John Williams's son.
aX7A TIL: 27 US States lie partly or are completely North of Canada’s most southern point of land (Middle Island)
v1dpB TIL Men initiate sex more than 3x as often as women do in a long-term, heterosexual relationship. However, sex happens far more often when the woman takes the initiative, implying that it’s the woman who sets limits, and that frequency of sex depends on how enthusiastic a couple are about it.
kJGR1 TIL researchers are able to study atmospheric composition, stretching back thousands of years, by examining air bubbles trapped in ice