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TIL Claude Shannon (the father of Information Theory) designed one of the first Chess playing machines in 1949 that could only handle endgames and no more than six pieces at a time

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dGej TIL the slowest musical piece in history, As SLow aS Possible (ASLSP) by John Cage, is currently being played for the next 639 years. It started 2001 and the last note change was in 2013.
5VeaQ TIL: the original red Gibson SG Special guitar used by Robby Krieger of The Doors’ to audition for the band, write “Light My Fire” on, and record the first two albums, was stolen from the band’s rehearsal room years ago. Krieger is now on a mission to find it, and is even offering a hefty reward.
VxQ TIL Fox News argued broadcasters have the right to lie or deliberately distort news reports on public airwaves. I can’t wait to rub this in my father in law’s face.
JYjX4 TIL a pig named Lulu saved her owner’s life while the owner was having a heart attack. The pig heard the cries for help, forced her way out of the yard and ran into the road and ‘played dead’ to stop the traffic. A driver stopped and the pig led him to the trailer, he heard the woman and called 911.
9J1B TIL that during the Iraq war in 2003, the U.S. Military planned to attach chickens atop Hum-Vees in order to detect chemical weapons. The project was named, Operation Kuwaiti Field Chicken (KFC). However, the project failed when 41 of the 43 chickens died within a week of their arrival.