☀️ Awesome Things 212: Message in a Bottle, Homeless Man Hots Jackpot, Don't Thank AI, Severance Keyboard, China Robot Marathon
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On to this week’s Awesome Things:
Girl's message in a bottle found 800 miles away
Homeless Man Wins the Lottery: ‘Bro, You Hit the Jackpot!’
Sam Altman Admits That Saying "Please" and "Thank You" to ChatGPT Is Wasting Millions of Dollars in Computing Power
OpenAI CEO and tech billionaire Sam Altman recently admitted that people politely saying "please" and "thank you" to their AI chatbots is costing him bigtime.
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Deep-sea craft filmed unprecedented footage of a colossal squid
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Have Fun on Spring Break, Kids. I’ll Be Right Next Door.
Parents are tagging along with their high-school seniors to share the experience, monitor their drinking and make sure they wear sunscreen
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China hosts world's first half-marathon race between humans and robots
Some 21 humanoid robots raced alongside thousands of runners around the 21km (13-mile) course in Beijing on Saturday.
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A Michigan community takes a novel approach to moving 9,100 books for shop's next chapter
One by one, hundreds of volunteers helped get the books to their new location in Chelsea, Michigan.
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Leftovers
✅ In Sweden, crowds line up just to watch cows go outside for the first time since winter.
✅ This Simple Trick Could Help You Hear Better in a Noisy Room
✅ ‘Friends’ Intro, but it’s all wrong
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