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TIL Neil Harbisson is the first person in the world with an antenna implanted in his skull and officially recognized as a cyborg by a government.

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8KVb TIL That in North Korean Propaganda, Kim Jong Il’s first ever time bowling was played across 13 games of bowling simultaneously and he scored 300 points on each lane. The bowling centre, Maxis Bowling Kangso shut down all of it’s lanes forever in his honour.
7ADr TIL: There is evidence of boats being used by early man over 900,000 years ago.
QJ6G9 TIL that Vincent Connare, the man who designed the font 'Comic Sans', said in 2017 that he has only used it once while sending a complaint letter to Sky Broadband. They offered him a £10 refund.
XEDVk TIL that there used to be a book store in Paris where you could live for free if you read one book a day and worked two hours pr day
KeYQ TIL in World War II conscientious objectors took part in an experiment in which they were starved for six months to decide how to treat victims of mass starvation in Europe