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TIL Gemini Ultra AI Costed An Estimated 191M Just To Train

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nWDZB TIL the Svalbard Global Seed Vault on an island in Arctic Norway is the ultimate backup for the earth's food supply, storing several hundred million seeds from thousands of species of agricultural plants from 80 nations, tucked away in metal pouches at -18°C
kb47 TIL that the girl that runs towards Sean Astin (Samwise Gamgee) at the end of LOTR: The Return of the King is his actual daughter.
XjW6 TIL that “Nigerian Prince” style scams began in the 1980s via postal mail, with letters addressed to women’s husbands asking what to do with multi-million dollar investments hidden in Nigeria. The spread of email lowered the costs and increased the effectiveness of these scams.
loEp5 TIL that the Aryan certificate, which served as proof of Aryan origin in Nazi Germany, is still today a permissible document to prove the German nationality.
p8GNb TIL that Mars experiences all four seasons similarly to Earth but twice as long due to its axes tilted at 25° and the length of its orbit around the Sun.