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TIL that the state of Louisiana caps compensation for people wrongfully convicted of crimes at $25,000/year with a maximum payout of $250,000.

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X98r TIL that more than 1,000 experts, including Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak, have signed an open letter urging a global ban on AI weapons systems
Egv8w Today I Learned.In Taiwan (which uses Chinese as the official language), they do not use the Romanization system, they teach an additional "注音符號" (Zhuyin Fuhao). It consists of 37 characters and five tone marks, which together can transcribe all possible sounds in Mandarin Chinese.
gr758 TIL that Tea Leoni turned down the role of Rachel Green on "Friends" to star in her own sitcom, "The Naked Truth"
OoYRa TIL $3 trillion was stolen from developing countries by multinational corporations in 2012. While a total of $0.135 trillion in aid was received by those same countries that year.
bQp4 TIL that the shortest commercial flight in the world is 2.8 km long and lasts 47 seconds