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TIL In 2011, Fleshlight, a brand of artificial-vagina sex-toys, sent a complimentary package of its products to the members of the SEALs team that killed Osama bin Laden.

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VBR6Q TIL Alan Turing, way back in 1951, predicted AIs will one day overthrow humanity: “Once machine thinking started, it would not take long to outstrip our feeble powers. They would be able to converse with each other to sharpen their wits ... therefore, we should expect the machines to take control."
9Yxv7 TIL In 2012 a scientific study predicted a 39 inch rise in sea level along the North Carolina coast over the next century. In response, North Carolina lawmakers passed a law banning the use of scientific predictions of sea level rise when considering new developments along the coast.
7rmVp TIL the Lakota tribe conquered the Black Hills from the Cheyenne tribe in 1776
E17gp TIL of the painting called L.H.O.O.Q. which features the Mona Lisa with a moustache. It was called that way because the artist, Marcel Duchamp, thought it sounded like "Elle a chaud au cul". It translates to "she's got a hot ass"
gmN7 TIL that Dr. Ruth was trained as a sniper by the Israeli army and she was seriously wounded in an explosion during the Israeli War of Independence in 1948.