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TIL that engineers in Germany created “Brain Driver,” a car that can be driven with thoughts alone. Brain Driver’s headset consists of 16 sensors that monitor electrical signals from the brain.

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7vWb TIL in 2002 Sony released a “copy-proof” CD to combat music piracy. Hackers immediately circumvented this design by scribbling on the rim of the CDs with a Sharpie.
9wZw7 TIL of Gabe Sonnier, a man who started off as a janitor in a Louisiana elementary school until one day in 1985, when he was inspired by the then-principal to take up teaching. Gabe was 39 years old when he started studying for a teaching degree. He’s now the principal of that elementary school.
rReGx TIL that Diegetic music in a film or TV programme is part of the action and can be heard by the characters (car radio, night-club scene...), rather than being just for the people watching to hear, which is called non-diegetic sounds.
Bg1BL TIL about Christopher Duntsch aka “Dr. Death” a Texas neurosurgeon who performed 38 operations in two years resulting in 2 deaths and 31 severely injured patients
KOOeE For a while, yes, but you will eventually run into nutritional deficiencies.