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TIL about The LUKE Arm, a high-tech prosthetic arm with fingers that can move with your thoughts and mimic the feel of objects, inspired by the robotic hand that Luke Skywalker got in the Star Wars film “The Empire Strikes Back".

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9YVYQ TIL in 2007, the Autralian Goverment spent $84 Million developing and launching an internet porn filter - only for it to be cracked by a 16 year-old student in less than 30 minutes. A second filter was released as a reaction, which was bypassed by the same teenager in 40 minutes.
b9yxN TIL Jeddah Tower, under construction, is set to be the world’s tallest building at 1km tall, roughly 172m(564ft) taller than Burj Khalifa
NDgM TIL that Deadpool (2016) is the highest grossing R-rated film of all time, the highest grossing X-Men film, and the highest grossing 20th Century Fox film not directed by James Cameron or George Lucas.
jN8yn TIL King George V was euthanized/killed when injected with fatal doses of morphine and cocaine in his deathbed, so that the announcement was ''in the morning papers rather than the less appropriate evening journals.''
ANWJa TIL that some people suffer from a "weekend migraine" or "let-down headache" on weekends or other breaks from a 9-to-5 weekday job due to a decrease in stress.