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TIL about Moravec's paradox which says that reasoning requires less computation while perception requires enormous computation

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18G8 TIL To increase awareness about a lack of organ donors, a Dutch reality TV show had contestants in need of a kidney compete for a donation. It was revealed as a hoax, but within a month, 7,300 new people were registered as organ donors and 50,000 had requested paperwork to become a donor.
GYgRg TIL pieces of Skylab were scattered around a part of Western Australia after its reentry into Earth. As a joke, the local government then fined NASA $400 for littering. It went unpaid for 30 years until a Californian DJ raised funds to pay the fine.
6EL7Q TIL 17 year old Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra was the first runner-up in Miss India 2000 competition because one of the jury members felt her complexion was “too dark”
7rVx TIL George Washington warned that forming political parties would destroy the democratic foundations of Government.
YlYv Today I learned that Forrest Gump’s networth would be 7 billion dollars due to his initial investment in Apple Computers