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TIL that hippopotamuses are most closely related to whales

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6vZm TIL that when setting up the Jeopardy! challenge involving the Watson supercomputer, IBM repeatedly expressed concerns that clue writers would exploit cognitive deficiencies in order to turn the show into a sort of Turing test. A neutral third party had to be brought in to select the questions.
6EGJQ TIL of the “Tully Monster” an ancient creature so strange researchers have yet to agree whether it’s a vertebrate or an invertebrate.
WkKQB TIL in 1955, prominent physicist Qian Xuesen was deported from the United States to China under suspicions of being a communist. He would go on to help China become a nuclear power by 1964, launch a satellite by 1970 and witnessed China's first manned space mission in 2003
x6e9B TIL all British main battle tanks are equipped with a "boiling vessel", a water heater which the crew can use to boil hot water and heat meals. Introduced at the end of WW2, it is often referred to by tank crews as "the most important piece of equipment in a British armoured vehicle".
QJgXe TIL Jeff Bezos made $6.24 billion in 5 minutes on October 10, 2017.