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TIL That Bill Nye the Science Guy was a student of Carl Sagan at Cornell

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W7dJ9 TIL the first neural network AI computer was built in the 40s by scientists born in the 19th century
5Y8eB TIL that there is no such thing as real truffle oil. It's made with vegetable oil, artificial flavour, and dried flakes of cheap truffle that add no flavour but allow it to be called truffle oil.
D1mAr TIL the game Bravely Default, an ultra-traditional jrpg released in 2012, was so successful globally, Square Enix had to reconsider their strategy of game making, as they were planning to only make action-focused, real-time based games to appeal the western audience.
VMdQ TIL the Taliban buy children as young as 7 to serve as suicide bombers. The going price for a child bomber is said to be between $7,000-$14,000..
WRVd TIL Compared with whites, Blacks had 51% higher and Hispanics had 21% higher obesity rates in the US.