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TIL IBM Had To Delete ‘Urban Dictionary’ Data from The Watson Super Computer System Because The Machine Started Cursing.

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78llx TIL that the US Marshals' "Con Air" service will transport non-federal prisoners at a cost of no more than $2,643.
0wB71 TIL That Punxsutawney Phil (the season predicting groundhog) is allegedly immortal from drinking the secret “elixir of life”, at the groundhog picnic each year. His wife, Phyllis does not receive the elixir and is not immortal
wo6vY TIL: That in 1974, a man performed a highwire walk between the Twin Towers of the WTC in New York. Philippe Petit, a street artist from Paris, took 6 years to plan what he called "le coup" (heist). The feat was later described as the "artistic crime of the century".
a8jyy TIL on June 9, 1939, Houghton Mifflin was given sole rights to publish Mein Kampf in America.
OVga TIL: When the first and only US Space Station SkyLab crashed semi-controlled in Australia scattering debris in the state of Shire of Esperance, NASA got fined by Australian authorities 400$ for littering.