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TIL the news of Chris Beniots wife’s death was reported on Wikipedia hours before her body was discovered.

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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"
4QK6 TIL the voice of Patrick Star, Bill Fagerbakke, of Spongebob fame is a 6’ 6" three-sport athlete from high school, a star defensive lineman from college, and was acclaimed by the Juilliard School of Performing Arts as an excellent Shakespearean actor.
VvRQ TIL ancient stone slabs in Japan had the following message: “High dwellings are the peace and harmony of our descendants. Remember the calamity of the great tsunamis. Do not build any homes below this point.”
8aRPL TIL that singer Lorde has sound-to-color synesthesia, a unique condition where sound blends with sight to create certain colors. This greatly contributed to the creative process on "Melodrama", where she wrote music to the "violets and blues" that appear on the album's cover
4X0yw TIL that the British government admits to undertaking aerial release trials against it's own people, in an attempt to understand the spread of possible biological attacks