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TIL Jeff Goldblum was almost the voice of Siri.

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VMpZG A neural network helped Mona Lisa get in touch with her feelings.
ZpRNY TIL that there is only one person born in the 1900s decade alive today and born during King Edward VII’s reign. Also she is the oldest British person ever.
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Y71DZ TIL of the 1924 Babbs fire, in which young Mary Eden’s body was never found. In 1957, a woman came forward, claiming to be the long-lost child. A local editor knew the story was a hoax, but withheld it until 1999 at the request of the father, who believed his wife could not endure losing Mary again.