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TIL that there were two AI chatbots created by Facebook to talk to each other, but they were shut down after they started communicating in a language they made for themselves.

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6ExgY TIL that each space shuttle was named after historical and influential ships of science and exploration
neyOG TIL Sana Amanat, born into a Pakistani family, co-created Marvel's first solo series to feature a Muslim female superhero, Ms. Marvel. Growing up, she often saw women who were blonde and white idolized in society while Muslims were often demonized and she wished to become a pretty white girl
PYynO TIL that giving children the names of Nutella, Manhattan, Prince William or Mini Cooper are illegal in France.
6EKdX TIL that “elevator music” and “hold music” had its beginnings in WWI when an Army Major General, George Owen Squier, invented a way to transmit music from phonograph records, long distance over electrical power lines. This invention led him to start the Muzak company.
OoGmg TIL Bedbugs were almost eradicated but are on the rise in the United States.