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TIL: Reggae is actually derived from SKA, and not the opposite.

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eOK6 TIL Sid Meier didn’t include multiplayer in the original Civilization game because “if you had friends, you wouldn’t need to play computer games.”
oGv7 TIL; Google created a kill switch in case it’s A.I. project “DeepMind”, in case it attempts to resist human modifications to it’s learning or tries to create it’s own orders.
ErLV TIL that in the 1930s Guinness was the 7th largest company in the entire world
vow4 TIL of Jack the Stripper, Britain’s third most prolific serial killer, who has never been caught and undressed all of his victims after asphyxiating them
6ex8 TIL an experimental program called Mincome existed in Canada in the 1970’s and gave everyone a minimum income just for being a citizen. It resulted in slightly fewer hours worked, but saw overall increases in health, happiness, and educational achievement.