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TIL Seizures worsen by co-opting one of the brain’s mechanisms for learning

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oRdZo TIL about Tarrare, an 18th-century Frenchman who could eat 15 people's worth of food, live animals, and even swallowed documents for military espionage.
dLkE TIL F-35B Fighter Pilots have a Helmet that accesses 6 cameras around the body of the plane, allowing them to basically see through the plane. Also, it costs $400,000.
b7nj TIL that Led Zeppelin was originally called “Lead Zeppelin” but they dropped the “a” because they didn’t want people to pronounce it “Leed Zeppelin”
mroO TIL that the company that makes the Etch a Sketch was on the verge of bankruptcy when it agreed to let its drawing toy be featured in Toy Story 2. Although the scene featuring an Etch a Sketch was only 12 seconds long, it resulted in a 20 percent sales bump that helped to save the company.
jNZyp TIL the former columns of the U.S. Capitol building still stand, now in the U.S. Arboretum in NE D.C.