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TIL that artificial intelligence can distinguish authentic Pollock's paintings from fake ones with 93% accuracy.

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4kAd5 TIL During the 1966-1976 Irish Bank Strikes, the Irish economy essentially continued business as usual as a result of the trust and conversational personal contact circulating across local communities through the pubs.
Xk9k TIL there is a drinking game based on the movie, Withnail & I, in which you have to match, drink for drink, the character Withnail. This would possibly be fatal.
84m8 TIL an Irish yob snatched and threw a homeless man’s pet rabbit in a river. The homeless man risked his life by jumping in after his beloved pet. They were both saved by firefighters and the yob was convicted of animal cruelty. The rabbit is named Barney.
49na TIL that after absorbing the blast of an grenade to protect his comrades, Michael Fitzmaurice, though seriously wounded and partially blinded continued to fight, killing an enemy with his bare hands and refusing evacuation, holding his position even after being blown up by a second grenade.
bmXp TIL Abraham Lincoln used to tell a long joke about a man carving a turkey at a fancy party who puts so much force into the effort that he rips a huge fart in front of everyone