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TIL Kevin Warwick is the first cyborg ever by getting wires surgically implanted to his nervous system

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BrVrW TIL the creator of My Pillow was a crack addict while creating the company
OP7L TIL dancing in clubs after midnight is illegal in Japan
PXoJ TIL that Lord Cornwallis, the general famous for leading the British Army during the American Revolution became Governor-General of India after the war and is buried there in a tomb overlooking the Ganges River.
g6wL TIL in the original pitch for Bob’s Burgers the family actually were cannibals that made their burgers out of human flesh. FOX found the idea to be too dark.
jgwn TIL when a city in Indiana replaced all their signaled intersections with roundabouts, construction costs dropped $125,000, gas savings reached 24k gallons/year per roundabout, injury accidents dropped 80%, and total accidents dropped 40%.