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TIL scientists proposed a “Minimal Turing Test” where you get to use only one word to convince others you are human, and not a machine. The single word that people found most likely to distinguish a human from a machine based on a new study was the word “poop”.

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Lk9KQ TIL that Demi Moore was the subject of credit card theft after a man took her card on a shopping spree, spending as much as $169,000 while she had no idea any of this was happening for several weeks.
mxgOp TIL about the Zambian Space Program of the 1960’s whose goal was going to Mars with a “Spacegirl”, two cats, and a Christian missionary.
oB5OL TIL that about 40 of the 200 squirrels in Charlie and the chocolate factory are real, trained squirrels.
4XEW6 TIL the most decorated American unit in history is the 442nd Infantry Regiment, which was almost entirely made up of Japanese Americans. Out of the 14,000 who served, 9,486 earned the Purple Heart and 21 earned the Medal of Honor. The unit itself was awarded 8 Presidential Unit Citations.
gMW5X TIL of the "World's Littlest Skyscraper" scam committed on Wichita Falls, Texas. The designer said the building would be 480 in height. Investors assumed it was 480 feet not 480 inches and soon realized they invested $200,000 in a 4 storey building. They lost in court and the builder kept the money.