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TIL of a New AI that fakes being a victim of a scam call

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pY7pA TIL that Norbert Pearlroth was the main researching force behind Ripley’s Believe It Or Not. He would gain all the information needed by consulting books at the New York Public Library for six days a week, from noon to 10pm over 26 years.
VgxD TIL Tea is the most popular manufactured drink in the world in terms of consumption. Its consumption equals all other manufactured drinks in the world
kmm5 TIL Restaurants are immune from most civil litigation in donating food. The Emerson Good Samaritan Act of 1996 was passed to curb fears of liability of restaurants and others that might otherwise throw away food rather than donating it.
9Ye9M TIL heavy multitaskers have a reduced memory according to a Stanford psychologist
9pBB TIL that when astronauts return from space they are usually ~ 2 inches taller. This is due to the low gravity in space that allows for the vertebrae in the spine to spread apart.