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TIL a neuroscientist plans to perform the world’s first brain transplant using a cryogenically frozen brain and a donor body

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BgrNL TIL about Agloe, New York. A fake town created by a US map company as a copyright trap that became real when a man put a general store there and named it after the name he saw on the map. The map company learned about this right when they sued a competitor for plagiarism and thus lost the case.
e0KP6 TIL an article in 1968 revealed widespread marijuana use among US soldiers in Vietnam. As a result of the media uproar stateside and subsequent crackdown by the army, soldiers shifted to heroin, which was odorless and harder to detect. By 1973, up to 20% of the soldiers were habitual heroin users.
gM4VL TIL in 1880s Britain, a fraudulent organization "catfished" singles by advertising high-class matches. Once a fee was paid, the promised wealthy matches disappeared and were replaced with working-class matches. After the organization was raided, they mocked the victims in court for being gullible.
9Ywvr How is it that we didn't know why the ocean was salty until 1979? National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Bob Ballard explains why such a basic question remained a mystery for so long—and where his team finally found the answer.
7roMO TIL There are at least 7 "Frozen Conflict" zones in the former soviet union, which are unrecognized states created during the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1992. Although over 6 million people live in these areas, these countries have no official status and are not member of the UN