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TIL that “frequency illusion,” somewhat better known as the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon, is what you call the syndrome in which a concept or thing you just found out about suddenly seems to appear everywhere.

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vPORD TIL the US military DARPA program is developing an implantable system able to provide precision communication between the brain and electronics. Electrochemical signaling used by neurons in the brain will connect to technology language allowing for communication.
DQK8g TIL Vatican City has a national football (soccer) team.
4kXM5 TIL National Lampoon released a full length parody of Frank Herbert’s Dune - called Doon, the dessert planet. Giant pretzels replaced sand worms and the most valuable substance was beer, not spice
ZXRo TIL that Wikipedia in its entirety (no pictures/videos) takes up about 10 GB compressed and 44 GB uncompressed.
JZE4 TIL that Pinball was considered gambling and banned between the 1940s to 1976. It ended when enthusiast Roger Sharpe played it before a committee and called out precisely what he was going to shoot for, and then did so. The ban was lifted since he had proven it was a game of skill, not chance.