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TIL that an AI chatbot was blamed for 'encouraging' young father to take his own life

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R9ej TIL There is a glacier in Montana that is named after the tens of millions of now extinct grasshoppers that can be found trapped within the ice.
gEb TIL Butterflies can remember things they learn as caterpillars
WLL4 TIL that, prior to the American Civil War, most citizens of the United States referred to their country in plural (“The United States are wealthy”, “The United States have a large population”)
YpJVA TIL that elephants are so complex they are able to mourn, cry, have mental breakdowns, play the drums, paint, mimic humans’ speech and show basic arithmetic skills.
epaKE TIL that, inspired by American spelling bees, China has a TV show where someone says a word out loud and the contestants have to write the word in Chinese characters.