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TIL nearly 50% of A.I. researchers believe that progress in their field will result in significant job loss on a global scale within the next 20 years.

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Mewj0 TIL cuboid bone fractures are rare and are sometimes called "nutcracker fractures"
lw8N TIL Two families escaped over the Berlin Wall by building a hot air balloon. A mechanic and a mason, used their mechanical know-how to build a hot air balloon engine out of old propane cylinders. Their wives pieced together a makeshift balloon from scraps of canvas and old bed sheets.
epgEn TIL In 1989, Pastor Jack Hyles told a church member to start living in his basement alone and pray against all the sin he saw around him, while secretly having an affair with the man's wife upstairs. When the member complained, Hyles built him a backyard bedroom, and the situation lasted 12 years.
W77NL TIL about the Brahminy Blind Snake, a species of snake the size of an earthworm and can be found on every continent
Nlw6 TIL that 7 out of the top 10 most densely populated cities in the Unites States are located in New Jersey.