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TIL that we’ve connected two human brains together, and used one to control the body of the other.

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DOwD TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger used to participate in orgies with other bodybuilders in the 70’s as “having chicks around is the kind of thing that breaks up the intense training .. afterward you go back to the serious stuff.” He was antihomophobic, claiming that gays and bodybuilders faced stereotyping.
5VoAR TIL that 3.6% of all current cancer cases worldwide are attributable to drinking alcohol
VMww0 TIL that many countries used "Immurement" as a form of punishment, where the victim was locked in a box and left to starve to death. The latest usage was in 1914, where a Mongolian woman left in a wooden crate died of dehydration.
VMBjm TIL the FDA will not allow Nabisco to use the word “cream” to describe the stuffing in Oreos. It’s called “creme” because it contains zero dairy.
a11A TIL that Howie Hubler, a Morgan Stanley bond trader, is responsible for the biggest loss on a trade in history: $9 billion in 2007 during the housing market collapse. He was given the option to resign instead of being fired in October 2007, receiving $10 million in back pay upon his departure.