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TIL that more than 1,000 experts, including Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak, have signed an open letter urging a global ban on AI weapons systems

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Lknkp TIL in 2010 a gunman took people hostage inside the Discovery Channel HQ. His reasoning was because he hated the company's shows such as "Kate Plus 8" because they promote population growth and its environmental programming because it did little to save the planet.
j67Aj Today I Learned that a rare Panamanian tree fern can turn its dead leaves into functioning roots. When the fronds die and touch the ground, they regrow into nutrient-absorbing roots, effectively recycling themselves to survive in poor soil.
KNjQ TIL that Jim Henson once tried to do LSD in his muppet workshop; he felt no effects, so he called it a day and then drove home
XEkOR [TIL] Carlos Hathcock crawled over 1500 yards in enemy territory over three days to shoot a general in the heart. On a separate mission he shot an enemy sniper through their scope.
x7xw TIL the science fiction films ‘Contact’, 'The Fifth Element’, 'Gattaca’, 'Men in Black’, and 'Starship Troopers’, were all released in the same year, 1997