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The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

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Fireball Whiskey and Fish From Antarctica Have in Common

CAPTCHA is the automated public touring test to tell computers and humans apart. The old version had users type in some blurry looking text that was actually used to digitize all of what is now Google books. So next time you're mad at the website for tripping you up, just remember that you're helping train our future overlords.

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