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TIL that election silence is a thing in many countries around the world. There is a time period before the election that the media and campaigns must stop talking about the election.

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gMgv8 TIL that researchers at Draper Laboratory have genetically engineered a dragonfly to become a cyborg. It is equipped with a “backpack” of sensors, electronics and a solar panel and can be controlled remotely through its light sensitive “steering neurons”
yVNXv TIL Dave Grohl is a self taught Barbecue Pit-master who has succumbed to Brisket Addiction which effects 1 in 3 males in Texas. Because of this addiction he didn’t realize how much meat he was actually smoking yesterday and started giving it away. “I just wanted a Pulled Pork Sandwich.” /s
AK9a TIL an Australian research institute ran a four-month study “to answer the age old question, ‘Where have all the bloody teaspoons gone?’”. Results: 80% of the teaspoons in the study disappeared, with the half life of the teaspoons calculated at 81 days
a8EJ TIL 14-year old Laurence Fishburne lied about his age to play a 17 year old soldier in Apocalypse Now. Filming took so long that Fishburne was actually 17 years old when shooting wrapped.
MnkA TIL Pornhub and Youporn will begin offering HTTPS encryption by default to fight against ISPs being able to sell your browsing history.