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TIL scientists have reconstructed YouTube videos from the brain activity of the people watching them. One day a technique like this might allow us to record our dreams

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E1eEX TIL that the UN are responsible for introducing Cholera to Haiti killing at least 10 000 people, infecting 800 000,still counting, and that they have done nothing to compensate the victims, claiming legal immunity.
woErJ TIL Dean Mahomed opened the first Indian restaurant in England, was the first Indian to publish a book in English, and introduced shampoo baths to Europe.
oBLr8 TIL that so many of the vegetables we eat including Broccoli, Cabbage and Brussel sprouts can all be traced back to one common ancestor
ANWNo TIL James Cameron would use a nail gun to nail the film crew's cell phones to a wall in retaliation for unwanted ringing during the production of Avatar.
oR4VL TIL Mohamed Mashally, once a rich doctor who closed down his clinic after a kid killed himself so that his younger brother get treatment. The doctor then dedicated himself to help to poor free of charge.