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TIL that AI systems have developed their own languages to communicate with each other, a phenomenon known as emergent language, which researchers are still striving to fully understand.

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6RpJ TIL that the NY Mets still owe Bobby Bonilla $1.2 million per year until the year 2035. His last appearance in a game was 14 years ago.
VMYA8 TIL after the success of ‘Shaun of the Dead’, Simon Pegg was asked if would he would leave England for Hollywood. He replied, “It’s not like we’re going to go away and do, I don’t know, Mission: Impossible III.” Two years later, he was cast as Benji in Mission Impossible III
4jma TIL that in the 1900’s Margarine was considered contraband in 30 U.S. states, and some states felt so strongly about this substance that they required it to be dyed pink in order to make it look less appetizing.
leA1 TIL that men actually pioneered wearing high heels and women began wearing them to look more masculine. Men then ditched the heels as not to look feminine. [xpost /r/Feminism]
joXQ TIL 1 in 86 Louisianans are in prison - the highest incarceration rate in the entire world.