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TIL that by solving Captchas we are helping to train machine learning models.

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4Xymb TIL That law enforcement officers in many states have their own additional bill of rights
Egovx TIL, children born in the early to mid-1980s are called "The DuckTales Generation" in Hungary, because their first encounter with politics happened in 1993, when a DuckTales episode they've been waiting for all week was cut short to announce the death of Prime Minister József Antall.
9wPdM TIL that cats have hundreds of tiny 'mini claws' or 'hooks' called papillae on their tongue made out of keratin. This is the same stuff their claws are made from and that's why a cats tongue feels so rough.
KYR6w TIL during WWII, the USS Shark torpedoed and sank a Japanese freighter carrying 1,781 POWs. Only nine survived. A Japanese destroyer dropped depth charges and destroyed the Shark in the same battle.
rRxyw TIL Trey Parker and Matt Stone, creators of South Park, were given a signed photo of Saddam Hussein by American soldiers