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TIL that it is a myth that most lottery winners end up broke.

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kgr7 TIL AI researchers put a worm’s mind in a Lego body and it reacted to it’s environments without any programming. Only mapping the Neurons…
LQyxP TIL that Uruguay was part of Brazil and became independent in 1825
9wJDD TIL that the Mary Celeste was found adrift with the crew and one life boat missing. Food, alcohol and personal items were undisturbed. The crew were never found.
rR7b4 TIL the maze generation algorithm for the 1982 Atari game Entombed always makes solvable mazes just by looking at the 5 nearest tiles, and nobody understands why it works—it came upon a programmer when he was drunk
d8KBQ TIL That despite being surrounded by technology, Japan still uses cash as their main payment method.