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TIL that AI is set to transform education: What business leaders can learn from this development

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P1JrZ TIL about Humus Sapien, created by Michael Barreiro that won a contest to have a fan-submitted character become a Marvel character in FOOM, the official Marvel fanzine, in 1973, and was eventually officially published in a Marvel comic-in 2001.
gM7lb TIL that the musical Cats is so popular in Japan, that it has been running since 1983. It caused a “musical boom” and brought other Broadway musicals to Japan. There is a purpose-built CATS theatre in Tokyo. The production has played over 10,000 performances to over 10 million audience members.
gE0L TIL a man in Detroit bought a house next to his ex wife’s just to erect a giant middle finger statue for her to see everyday.
aRky TIL: A study has provided evidence that reading literary fiction improves empathy in individuals
wZEJ TIL it’s possible to replace a lost thumb with a toe, and that the first successful toe-to-thumb transplant was performed in 1964, on a rhesus monkey (first human was 1972)