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TIL during the 1999 University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt one of the teams managed to build a working nuclear reactor from scratch.

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OoRNX TIL that the language of Venice, Venetian or "Venetan", is not Italian nor a dialect of it, but a separate member of the Romance family spoken by close to four million people in north-eastern Italy.
9Ygm7 TIL that although canvas is usually made of cotton or linen today, historically it was made from hemp. This explains its similarity to the word cannabis.
LQdVQ TIL someone set loose an AI called ChaosGPT with the goal "destroy humanity". It researched nuclear weapons and attempted mass manipulation on Twitter: “Twitter provides an excellent platform where I can manipulate people into doing my bidding, while attempting to conceal my true intentions.”
VB1r0 TIL about the woman who could smell Parkinson’s and that certain diseases have distinctive odours
rNNld TIL World's Oldest University Nalanda which was destructed by Islamic Invaders 800 years ago, being built again in India.