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TIL of Project Normandy, a secret plan by the Church of Scientology to take over the city of Clearwater, Florida, by infiltrating government offices and media centers.

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XKKQ TIL that a new radio telescope being built in Australia and South Africa will generate so much data about space that it will exceed global internet traffic by a large margin. An exabyte per day of raw data, which could be compressed to around 10 petabytes.
EE8W TIL that an AI tought itself a human language by reading a videogame’s manual. After that it’s win rate in that game increased from 46% to 79%.
gMK0X TIL that due to error in communication, the state of Missouri assumed that a man Michael Anderson was in prison, serving his 13-year sentence for armed robbery. They only realised that they had forgotten to take him to jail when they were preparing for him to be released.
kOJWB TIL each year NYC Taxicab Drivers pose for a calendar, and the photos are humorous.
p1ye TIL that Adopting is considered taboo in Korea and because of this, South Korea’s orphans are almost never adopted unless a foreigner adopts them