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TIL that Ronald McDonald is called Donald McDonald in Japan

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D19YD TIL in 2016 An Artificial Intelligence program called AlphaGo successfully beat the worlds best ranked players in the ancient game of Go. A feat previously thought impossible due to the element of human intuition required.
d8JKr TIL In the '80s there was an intense nationwide effort in China to study ESP among children
LPQr TIL that the Chinese have developed a type of rice that can survive on seawater
rRoRo TIL that a man by the name of John Hinckley Jr. attempted to assassinate U.S. President Ronald Regan to impress Jodie Foster, who he stalked.
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