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TIL The facial recognition algorithms in use by facebook outperforms those in use by the FBI

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vNor TIL Europe was called the “Far West” in the Far East
1pAV TIL Samsung has a military branch. They’re producing jet engines, robots and howitzers!
5B48 TIL that there’s a festival in Japan called Kanamara Matsuri where a huge statue of penis is carried through the streets of Kawasaki. This parade is for promoting awareness about STD’s and celebrating fertility, long marriages and healthy births.
b9E4j TIL the Atomium is a world famous monument in Belgium thats image was so tightly controlled, that until 2015 organizations posting photographs of it online were being threatened with legal action for simply publishing photos.
69oPl TIL that the in the USA the top 55 jackpots won (all over $380m), are all higher than any other Lottery jackpot records elsewhere in the world!