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TIL Facebook artificial intelligence robots were shutdown after they started talking to each other in their own language

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m15XY TIL there is a species of mushroom that infects and zombifies carpenter ants. The mushroom slowly takes control of the ant’s motor functions and leads them away from the colony to die in a place ideal for growing. Then the mushroom grows out of the ant’s head.
e0xRk TIL the term "ass clown" was coined by, and has become a part of our lexicon, courtesy of the movie Office Space
gd8L TIL Texaco/Chevron corp caused an enviromental disaster in Ecuador and has been fighting their financial liability of the situation in court since first being sued in 1993. Damage is estimated at 113 billion U.S. Dollars
oWNR TIL Google’s first ever tweet was “I’m 01100110 01100101 01100101 01101100 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01101100 01110101 01100011 01101011 01111001 00001010” which when converted from binary means, “I’m feeling lucky”.
RVY1 TIL Time Warner Cable significantly changes its offering depending on whether or not it has a monopoly on the market.