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TIL researchers discovered that applying a sonogram to a person's skull and stimulating specific brain regions can alter their mood. One researcher described applying it to his own head and later feeling like he had a martini. They hope to develop a sonogram-based device to treat mood disorders.

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x6ro1 TIL After a German hacker found the source code of Half-Life 2, which later got leaked online, Gabe Newell worked with the FBI to invite the hacker to a fake job interview, in which he'd be arrested in the USA, however, police arrested him in Germany.
mxjQp TIL that the the concept of "zero" was invented by a 6th century Indian mathematician named Aryabhata. He also theorized on the relativity of motion, worked on the approximation of π, and correctly advocated an astronomical model in which the Earth turns on its own axis
DQDVp Today I learned that if you use nasal sprays for more than three days, you experience a rebound affect, which is something somewhat like an addiction, in that you are no longer able to breathe normally without it
XleR TIL of the death of PFC LaVena Johnson, who was found dead in 2005 at a base in Balad, Iraq. Initially ruled a suicide, an autopsy revealed she a broken nose, black eye, loose teeth, and burns from corrosive chemicals on her genitals. The Army has refused to reopen the case.
a89jL TIL Following an attempt to steal Elvis Presley's body, the remains of both he and his mother were exhumed and reburied at his former home, Graceland.