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TIL IBM’s artificially intelligent computer, Watson, learned to swear using the Urban Dictionary. Later, the Urban Dictionary was removed from its database and a swear filter was installed.

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naRo TIL at 22 years old Titanic’s only surviving wireless operator Harold Bride stayed on the ship as long as possible sending SOS messages. After being rescued by Carpathia and suffering from frostbite he helped the rescue ship operator send surviving passenger messages.
rNa0y TIL in 2011 Abercrombie & Fitch offered Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino (from ‘Jersey Shore’) $10,000 not to wear the company's clothes because they felt it would cause “significant damage” to their image.
wgMJ TIL that two scientists proved time dilation by each flying around the world carrying a synchronized atomic clock. Upon landing, the clocks were no longer in sync.
a8M8L TIL about the Zeitpyramide. An almost ten meter high pyramide being built with a rate of one brick every ten years in the German town Wembing. The construction was undertaken i 1993 and is scheduled for completion in the year 3183.
WMD4 TIL An average tree is made up of 99% dead cells, only around 1% is alive at any time, consisting of the leaves, root tips, and phloem a thin layer of under bark that acts as a food delivery system.