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TIL the map of a Fly Brain closely matched the architecture used in current AI models

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jN8DM TIL That there's a mysterious rare polio-like illness paralyzing little children. Its cause is unknown, and there is no treatment or cure. It spikes in cases every other year.
LQrEV TIL During an interview with Stephen Hawking, the camera operator mistakenly tugged a cable, triggering an alert and forcing Hawking to slump forward. Everyone panicked, believing they had wounded him, only to discover he was simply laughing at his own joke. The alert was triggered by an office comp
lo1Ja TIL In Florida, fireworks are legal to buy as long as you sign a form saying you are scaring birds or illuminating a railroad
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6EKR8 TIL the Peloponnesian war was ended by a peace treaty signed in 1996