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TIL that the USDA deploys cyanide filled “trap” bombs on public land to kill feral dogs and coyotes.

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9wDop TIL about ELIZA, a 1960s chatbot created by MIT professor Joseph Weizenbaum that simulated a psychotherapist. It was so convincing that some users, including Weizenbaum's secretary, became emotionally attached to it. In 2023, ELIZA even outperformed GPT-3.5 in a Turing test study.
9Y6Pp TIL: a holocaust denial group offered $50k to anyone who could prove that gas chambers were used to intentionally kill people at Auschwitz. They were forced by a judge to pay the money, and an additional $40k, to Auschwitz survivor Mel Mermelstein who gave proof of that very fact.
6ELv8 TIL that the biggest movie explosion was in the James Bond film ‘Spectre’
QJj8L TIL that Danny Antonucci who at the time was known for only making adult themed cartoons only made Ed Edd n Eddy because he was dared to make a kids show by a friend. It went on to be his most successful work
6EaY TIL the town of “Fucking, Austria” modified their signs in 2005 to be theft resistant