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TIL that 99% of all intelligence will be artificial, according to a World Economic Forum panelist

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VBMN8 TIL that women can have different heart attack symptoms than men, meaning that many women have a heart attack without even realizing it or being misdiagnosed
PBQO TIL that Alien hand syndrome is a rare neurological disorder in which one hand functions involuntarily, with the victim completely unaware of its actions.
0dAp5 TIL that water vapor is the biggest contributor to the greenhouse effect.
mmKY TIL No one knows where the word “dog” originally came from. Appearing without cognates in Old English, it displaced the more common “hound” within 400 years and went on to find its way into 7 other European languages.
4J6w TIL during the Battle of the Bulge, American MPs trying to uncover German infiltrators would ask soldiers questions that every American should know. General Omar Bradley was briefly detained after he “incorrectly” identified Springfield as the capital of Illinois. The MP thought it was Chicago.