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TIL In 2004, New Zealander Nicholas Clive McAllister was found not guilty of cultivating cannabis plants after the jury deliberated for one minute.

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R5Wjj TIL of the AI winter which was a period of reduced funding in AI research. There were 2 major winters from 74-80 and 87-00 and several smaller episodes in between. Currently we are in an AI spring.
g8VA TIL that, over the course of the Civil War, due to poor financial choices, the Confederacy experienced inflation rates of (literally) over 9000%.
QJZBa TIL that applause was invented in 6th Century BC so that audiences had to clap in approval of their leader, since there were too many people to meet individually.
Wk50Y TIL that the alternative to fellatio is irrumatio, where the one being stimulated does all the work.
4mPR TIL that baby walkers have been banned in Canada since 2004. Possession of a baby walker can lead to fines up to $100,000 or six months in jail.