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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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r7Lo TIL: That in 1996 The New York Times crossword correctly used either candidate of the presidential election as the answer to who would be elected the next day!
rk8x TIL a 19 year old man dove 85 feet into the ocean to wrestle an 80 pound octopus with a 9 foot diameter to the surface in a 25 minute epic battle in which he punched the octopus subduing it after it turned red and lunged at him tearing off his respirator. He drove it home, cooked it up, and ate it.
kW0B TIL Coca-Cola Deutschland created Fanta as a result of difficulties importing Coca-Cola syrup into Nazi Germany during World War II due to a trade embargo, to create a new product for the German market, using only ingredients available in Germany at the time
kk51 TIL the day after John W Snow was sworn in as Treasury Secretary, his brokers bought $10m in debt holdings. When questioned about this in 2004, John Snow said he knew nothing
6EDB8 TIL that the assertion that the human body completely replaces itself (cellular renewal) in 7-10 years, is a myth. I.e neurons in the cerebral cortex not only last your entire lifetime, they are never replaced.