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TIL Scientists are growing mini brains from human stem cells and are now in the process of integrating with AI

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5Vowr TIL St Adrian is the patron saint of arms dealers (he also covers butchers, guards, soldiers and peacekeeping missions)
Gadj TIL that after a muti-day free base cocaine bender, Richard Pryor poured 151-proof rum all over himself and lit himself on fire. While ablaze, he ran from his Los Angeles home down Parthenia St., until being subdued by police.
vPka7 TIL that in 1946-1947 a British ski champion stole & vandalized over 3000 butterfly specimens from Australian museums, and they're still trying to sort out the damage
x0oo TIL that in response to the rioting and looting that followed the San Francisco 1906 earthquake, Mayor Eugene Schmitz authorized federal troops and local officers to “kill any and all persons found engaging in Looting or in the Commission of Any Other Crime”
8ep9P TIL that the “@“ sign, or asperand, has been around since the mid-1500s and is not a product of the Internet age, as some might think, let alone the 20th century.