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TIL that some researchers estimate the chance of a global catastrophe caused by AI to be 30%

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NLQE TIL that the Government lends money to banks at a .75% interest rate vs students at a 3.75%+ interest rate.
7rjJ7 TIL ferrets are carnivores that primarily eat prairie dogs and then steal their burrows
E1aKV TIL : The World population was about 300 million at the time of Jesus. A thousand years later it was about 310 million.
erkL TIL there is a rare fiber called Cervelt that is produced by New Zealand red deer and is softer than cashmere. Only 20 grams of this fiber can be collected yearly per deer and it is used to make luxury socks that cost $1,500 a pair.
DEMY TIL that Behind the Green Door (1972) was one of the first pornographic films to feature sex between a white actress (Marilyn Chambers) with a black actor (Johnnie Keyes). The porn industry and viewing public were shocked by the then-taboo spectacle of a white woman having sex with a black man.