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TIL the SR-71 BlackBird traveled from New York to London in under 2 hours

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9Y4rQ TIL there is no universally agreed-upon list of "Ten Commandments." They're not numbered explicitly in the Bible, and their order even differs depending on the religious tradition
69AlZ TIL that an AI that is trained to guessing couples based on pictures and maybe voice samples and digital footprints sounds like a good idea. Could that be a matchmaking ai that is not prefect but a quantum leap better then tinder and everything we have?
yJNa TIL a study of 2 million insurance claims concluded that 9 of the top 10 occupations causing car accidents are medical-field related, with the most accidents being caused by Surgeons and GPs
ARXn TIL: 2,000 mice were parachuted into Guam to kill snake invaders. The mice were dead and pumped full of acetaminophen which killed the snakes.
Eg1eW TIL in the 1980s South Africa attempted to block whites from viewing TV based in a nominally independent black homeland.