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TIL Beyond the Hype and Headlines: Delving into the Complexities of Artificial Intelligence - From Revolutionizing Industries to Reshaping Society, AI's Impact is Undeniable. But are We Prepared for the Ethical Dilemmas, Economic Disruptions, and Existential Questions it Raises?

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MlxK TIL the Futurama theme song is a remix of the song Psyche Rock by Pierre Henry from 1967
e0P1k TIL Alan Turing, the mathematician who cracked Enigma ending WWII at least two years early and saving ~11M lives, was a gay man. He was later arrested for being a homosexual and sentenced to chemical castration. Turing mysteriously died of cyanide poisoning.
Xk9k TIL there is a drinking game based on the movie, Withnail & I, in which you have to match, drink for drink, the character Withnail. This would possibly be fatal.
v1G6L TIL Saint Patrick's color was blue, not green. St. Patrick's blue, can be seen on ancient Irish flags & was used on armbands & flags by the Irish Citizen Army up until the 1798 Irish Rebellion. This is when the clover & the color green taken from Irelands lush fields became symbol's for Ireland.
16vl4 TIL There are fossilized plants in Greenland under 1.4 km of ice. At the bottom of a 1.4 km core sample, which was taken in 1966 at Camp Century, researchers found "well-preserved fossil plants and biomolecules," which means that the massive sheet melted and reformed at least once in the last millio