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TIL North Korea started to attempt to emulate certain aspects of China’s economic reform policies in 1980s, but both Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il felt great hostility toward China after Deng Xiaoping launched China on the path of pursuing market-oriented “socialism with Chinese characteristics”

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nRlB TIL that in Deep Blue’s first game against Garry Kasparov, the computer made a move that puzzled the grandmaster so much, it made him believe the machine had superior intelligence. It threw Garry off his game, and ultimately cost him the match. The move was the result of a bug in Deep Blue’s code.
JeOm TIL that a single vote prevented an all-out nuclear war between USA and USSR in 1962
b960Q TIL that there is a five dollar fee for any staff at the Top Gun School who quotes the movie.
owvr TIL the Backfire Effect occurs when, in the face of contradictory evidence, established beliefs do not change but actually get stronger
BXEk TIL that Star Trek’s Benedict Cumberbatch forfeited his chances to go to Oxford University and Cambridge University because he discovered “pot, girls and music” and “got lazy” during his last term of the British equivalent of high school.