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TIL; Google created a kill switch in case it’s A.I. project “DeepMind”, in case it attempts to resist human modifications to it’s learning or tries to create it’s own orders.

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ANABl TIL Idaho does not require employers to give employees any breaks for any reason.
krOd TIL that after the Civil War many wealthy Confederate families fled to Brazil, today many Southern cultures and traditions can still be seen in the descendants of these “Confederados”
yVMPa TIL that researches discovered 168 new ancient geoglyphs in Peru's Nazca lines. Researchers had already discovered 190 figures in the area since 2004.
P1b9g TIL Neil Young was in a band with Rick James, along with Bruce Palmer, who would be another founding member of Buffalo Springfield, plus Goldy Mcjohn and Nick St. Nicholas, two future members of SteppenWolf. All partially thanks to Levon Helm and Garth Hudson, two members of "The Band"
D1o6P TIL the most severe profanities in Italian are related to blasphemy. A very common one is "Porco Dio" (Pig God—i.e. God is a Pig). In one region people say "pota de Cristo" (Christ's cunt). On the Italian version of Big Brother, use of blasphemous profanity was grounds for immediate expulsion.