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TIL that "Edmond de Belamy," a portrait generated by AI, sold for $432,500 in 2018. It was created using an algorithm trained on 15,000 portraits from the 14th to 19th centuries, and the "artist" signed it with a mathematical formula.

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wLyZW TIL that when Henry Ford doubled the pay of his auto workers from $2.50 per day to $5, he didn't do it for altruistic reasons. His factory had one of the highest turnover rates (due to danger of the assembly line and tedium of the work). After the raises, it dropped to the lowest.
OoBeY TIL that the word with the most meanings in English is the verb 'set', with 430 senses listed in the Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, published in 1989. The word commands the longest entry in the dictionary at 60,000 words, or 326,000 characters.
kOl0m TIL South Korean customs seized 17.500 capsules, which officials claim contained powdered flesh of dead babies. The capsules are reportedly thought by some to cure disease and boost stamina. Officials said the capsules were full of bacteria and presented a health risk.
N79bN TIL That in Brazil, some prisons use Geese rather than Dogs to help patrol prisons-this is because prisoners would just give the Dogs food and they would become friendly with them, whereas Geese are only friendly with their owner, and will make a lot of noise if someone tries to escape
xVD47 TIL when legendary drag performer Dorian Corey died, in her belongings they found a preserved body with a gunshot to the head, that she had kept for around 15 years.