Jul 19 TIL in 2022 a chess-playing robot broke the finger of its 7-year-old opponent after the boy didn’t give it enough time to respond & attempted to move again. The robot held his finger in place for 15 seconds before bystanders were able to pry it free. The boy then played with his finger in a cast.
Jul 19 In the 1980s, a man with severe OCD shot himself in the head in an attempt to commit suicide. Instead of killing him, the bullet destroyed the part of his brain responsible for his OCD, and he went on to become a straight-A college student five years later.
Jul 20 “There are no files, but if there were files, I wouldn’t be in them. Also can you look through these files and let me know where I am mentioned, but don’t worry there are absolutely no files, and I am not in them” – Donald Trump.
Jul 19 TIL that in 1994, Pearl Jam canceled their summer tour after discovering Ticketmaster was adding unfair service charges. In protest, they began building their own venues in rural areas and sold tickets directly to fans to keep prices low and avoid corporate influence.
Jul 19 Donald said he’d pay down the debt in 8 years. He instead added more debt than any other president in history.
