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TIL An A.I. developed for a Japanese bakery check out system was successfully adapted to detect cancer cells

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9xwX TIL: In prehistoric New Zealand, Eagles with 3m wingspans preyed on humans.
yVooX TIL that on having your 7th child in Germany, you can apply to have the president be their Godfather.
6Zgm TIL Archeologists excavating burial sites from 4000 BC have discovered clay pots repaired with glue made from tree sap.
wa8P TIL in 1935, to verify whether Coca-Cola was kosher, Rabbi Tobias Geffen was provided with its formula on the condition that he not disclose it. The Rabbi requested that the non-kosher beef tallow be substituted with a vegetable-based gylcerin, which was done, and the drink was declared kosher.
1a5j7 TIL of 'Soy Cuba' (I Am Cuba), a 1964 Soviet-directed propaganda film that backfired by making capitalism look too appealing. It was later rediscovered by Hollywood, and its groundbreaking film techniques inspired scenes in Goodfellas and Boogie Nights.