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TIL the Pony Express existed for only 18 months
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TIL that though many people think Meat Loaf never identifies what "that" thing is in "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)," six things he won't do are actually pointed out in the song.
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TIL that Geographical Information Systems were invented in Canada by Roger Tomlinson, a Brit.
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TIL That Jack Ruby, The Killer of Lee Harvey Oswald, Held A Press Conference In 1965 To State That He Was Part Of A Broader Conspiracy To Overthrow The U.S. Government
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TIL that Joseph Weizenbaum, one of the founding fathers of Artificial Intelligence, later became one of it’s leading critics when he found his secretary getting very emotionally involved with ELIZA, a chatbot that he himself programmed.
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TIL Seth MacFarlane (of Family Guy, American Dad, and Ted) missed boarding American Airlines Flight 11 by fifteen minutes on September 11, 2001. He was late because of a bad travel agent and a hangover.