Post * XQ4r — Curious Curator

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TIL the “AR” in AR-15 is a brand name and stands for “ArmaLite Rifle” not “assault rifle”

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dj77 TIL that scientists have discovered that people yawn more in response to the yawns of people they care about most.

x6rAk TIL the original version of Ding-Dong The Witch Is Dead reached number one on iTunes in the UK upon Margaret Thatcher‘s passing.

pYrNN TIL When a star like our Sun dies, it doesn’t explode into a supernova or collapse into a black hole. Instead, it gently sheds its outer layers, which form a beautiful cloud called a “planetary nebula”, while the dying star’s core becomes a white dwarf.

E1WWo TIL about Milan's Vertical forest residencial towers

6EAwJ TIL AlphaGo the AI that beat the World Go Champion Lee Sedol 4-1 in a best of five series, was defeated by it's third version AlphaGo Zero, 100-0. The original AlphaGo learnt from the data of Go matches played by humans, and AlphaGo Zero learnt by playing against itself, no data or human interaction