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TIL about how chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov lost to IBM's Deep Blue in 1997 and changed the way humans looked at AI.

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LkOmP TIL after journalist Paulette Cooper wrote an article criticizing the Church of Scientology, they tried to get her committed to a psychiatric ward by writing her name and number on street walls, subscribing her to pornographic mail lists, and faking bomb threats with her stationary and fingerprints.
VBMOp TIL that 86% of acute onset OCD cases are linked to streptococcus infections in children due to pediatric acute onset neuropsychiatric syndrome.
nWKP9 TIL - Blind people who regain sight after years struggle to recognize objects because vision is learned, not automatic. They need to train their brain to actually see.
Yp5G7 TIL crowd effects for the gaming arena scene in Tron: Legacy were recorded at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International. During a Tron: Legacy panel, the crowd was given instructions to chant and stomp while techs from Skywalker Sound recorded the performance.
AO6w TIL the State of Texas employs 10,000 more prison guards than school teachers.