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TIL Alysson Muotri wants Sentiomics: Sentiomics is the development and ‘education’ of human brain organoids to become sentient.

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9107 TIL when auditioning for the part of Apollo Creed in “Rocky,” Carl Weathers told producers, “I could do a lot better if you got me a real actor to work with.” Unbeknownst to him, the man feeding him his lines was Sylvester Stallone.
Bo8x TIL that the Minnesota Vikings are building a stadium that costs more than sending a space probe to Pluto.
VM1BB TIL the USSR had a televised song contest. Since few people had phones, viewers would turn their house lights on if they liked a certain song, off if they didn’t. The state energy company recorded the size of each power spike & reported results to the station to determine votes for each contestant.
d8NWQ TIL that the Soviet Union's approach to nuclear artillery was that nuclear munitions should be fired by standard guns and howitzers (without modification) in normal artillery units.
QJjy9 TIL that the Boeing 737 had rudder issues during the 90s. There were three incidents(Two fatal). These problems caused 157 people to lose their lives. This was the longest FAA investigation in history.