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TIL that a cafe in Japan is hiring paralysed people to to control robot servers in order to still make an income.

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M719K TIL that 'smooth brain' is a real medical malfunction where people have brains that lacks the typical bumps and folds. The medical term is 'lissencephaly'.
neYnB TIL Julia Roberts told Matthew Perry that she would appear on Friends if he wrote her a paper on Quantum Physics! He did it, faxed it to her the next day, and she appeared on the show and later dated him!
oRAxA TIL in 499 century BC, king Histaiaeus (ancient Greece) sent secret military messages tattooed on bald heads of messengers. After the hair regrew, they sent the messengers. In the destination they were shaved again to reveal the message.
NXMXM TIL that barbie doll actually has a full name and birthday! Her full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts and her birthday is March 9, 1959, when she was first displayed at the New York Toy Fair.
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