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5Vda9 TIL that Stuart Anders, the inventor of the slap bracelet, donated 200 of his original bracelets called the "Slap Wrap" to Florida elementary school students after they were given a Chinese knockoff brand which had inappropriate pictures printed on the metal beneath the bracelets' cloth wrapping.
Pvdg TIL a Russian billionaire named Dmitry Itskov is working on a project known as the 2045 initiative with the end goal of it being to create a complete working model of a persons brain and putting in a robotic body with the hopes of completing it by 2045.
neLGW TIL there are 5 countries without a written, codified constitution: New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada, Israel and Saudi Arabia. They rely instead on a conjunction of separate documents and precedents for legal decision-making.
G4Y4 TIL the Space Shuttle Enterprise was named after the Federation Starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) which, being a Federation flagship, was named after the United Earth Starship ISS Enterprise (NX-01) which was named after the Space Shuttle Enterprise.
x69M0 TIL that the Mets once signed a pitcher who could throw 160+ mph