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TIL China killed off two AI chatbots after they start criticising communism and praising the US.

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woXoY TIL Newton's phrase about standing on the shoulders of giants dates back to at least 1159. John of Salisbury wrote then that "we see more and farther than our predecessors, not because we have keener vision or greater height, but because we are lifted up and borne aloft on their gigantic stature."
6Eaw7 TIL In 1975 Elvis went to see a movie with his gf. He was spotted by fans and they went crazy. His gf walks up and pranks the fans saying to Elvis, "Charlie, you're not using that Elvis bit again are you? Come on, you're not telling these people that you're Elvis again are you? The fans left.
OQGR TIL a naked man in California was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon.
grDX9 TIL in January of 1997, Astronaut John Grunsfeld placed a prank call to the NPR call-in show Car Talk during the Space Shuttle Atlantis mission STS-81.
0rgy TIL Rhino horns are being injected with poison to scare off consumer demand.