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TIL that China killed off two AI chatbots after they start criticising communism and praising the US

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v1bJK TIL Snow isn’t actually white, but rather translucent. It’s the light reflecting off it that makes it appear white with the many sides of the snowflake scattering light in many directions, diffusing the entire colour spectrum. Snow can also appear in a wide variety of spectacular hues.
4XWAR TIL that the names at the 9/11 memorial are not organized alphabetically, by company or location, but rather by how close of a relationship that person had with those names around them.
oR5y8 TIL that to persuade his first wife to accept a divorce, Einstein promised her the entire financial reward from his Nobel Prize. Three years later, he won the prize and transferred all the money to her.
jyM TIL there is a name for the scent of rain
GYgbj An egg-cellent activity from Science Buddies