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TIL the term "Artificial Intelligence" was first coined in 1956 by John McCarthy at the Dartmouth Conference

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l7NrG TIL Natalia Tena, who played Osha in Game of Thrones, was denied a pubic wig for her nude scenes despite arguing that her character, a Wildling, wouldn’t shave or trim. She wasn't even allowed to grow out her own hair, as the directors insisted on it being short.
8MVL TIL Kathryn Beaumont voiced Alice from Disney’s “Alice In Wonderland” at the age of 13 and over 50 years later voiced Alice again in Kingdom Hearts at age 64.
x6eW1 TIL: There’s now a thing called “Palentine’s Day” to celebrate friendship instead of just love.
eQv4 TIL a Texas dad engaged in a 3-hour armed standoff with police while trying to prevent doctors from pulling the plug on his brain-dead son. The son eventually came out of his coma and recovered. Dad was charged for the incident, but the charges were later reduced.
0wG8j TIL Pentagon employees are banned from playing Pokemon go inside the building because the users' movements are inadvertently mapping the insides of the Pentagon for all to see.