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TIL there have been multiple "AI winters" which are periods of reduced funding and interest in the field following a period of hype in overstated AI capabilities.

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8kXV TIL that FedEx’s current CEO and founder Frederick W. Smith didn’t have enough money to keep the company afloat, he took the remaining 5k and brought it to Vegas and by Monday morning they had 32k, enough to fuel their planes and stay in business long enough for another round of funding.
9no6 TIL that the United States led the world in forced sterilizations before Nazi Germany.
R7ye6 TIL when Sassanid (Iranian) king Hormizd II died, his oldest son reigned for a few months, and was killed by the empire's nobles, who then blinded the second son, and imprisoned the third son. The crown was placed upon the pregnant queen's womb, crowning the unborn son, who later ruled for 70 years
78Jgb TIL - In 1980, Libya overtook the United States in GDP per capita. This was the only time in history that an African country had ever done so.
p8El8 TIL in 1999, the stock of Computer Literacy Inc. shot up 36% in one day, purely because the company changed its name to the more hip-sounding Fatbrain.com.