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TIL that sunflowers follow the fibonacci sequence

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wxMo TIL that in 2013, a researcher at UW managed the first human to human brain interface through the Internet by wearing a cap and playing a video game. When he wanted to shoot a missile, he thought “fire” and another researcher across campus’s finger moved involuntarily and pressed the fire button.
BgM9W TIL that in 1862 Lincoln rejected an offer for a battalion of elephants from the King of Siam (present day Thailand). The elephants would have been a follow up to a set of "royal gifts" which included a sword "of costly materials" already sent to the president. Talk about a white elephant!
7r1a7 TIL: Far right groups are using "Boogaloo" in reference to an "American Civil War 2: Electric Boogaloo"
N7L1N TIL when Michael Jackson bought the publishing rights to the Beatles catalog, he was unaware that the Beatles owned all of the rights to Little Richard’s publishing. As soon as Michael found that out, he immediately gave Little Richard all of his publishing rights back
epjBb TIL that during WWII, ‘Rumor Clinics’ were set up to dispel morale-damaging gossip.