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TIL about GPT-3, the slightly antisemitic and sexist AI that can imitate your writing style

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X7j6 TIL Alcatraz was once the only federal penitentiary in the U.S. that provided hot showers for its inmates. Prison staff reasoned that inmates who were used to warm, comfortable water would not be able to withstand the freezing San Francisco Bay during an escape attempt.
x6Byk TIL Those videos with people crying after having their colorblindness cured by putting on special glasses were fake.
LaYQ TIL that Jim Dale performed 300 voices for the Harry Potter Audiobooks and had to playback recordings of himself on set to remember each one, each time.
pPY8 TIL a man was arrested for not showing his I.D. to police when comedian Lenny Bruce was arrested for obscenity during a performance in L.A. They rode in the same cop car together. That man, was young George Carlin.
wYME TIL German Chocolate Cake is named for its creator, Sam German, and in fact has nothing to do with Germany.