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TIL Iraqi insurgents intercepted video feeds of American Predator drones using a $26 piece of Russian software named SkyGrabber.

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7wNP TIL: Papers funded by the sugar industry are five times less likely to find a connection between sugar and obiesty.
6lEw TIL Brain scans show compulsive gamers have hyperconnected neural networks. One researcher said: “Hyperconnectivity between these brain networks could lead to a more robust ability to direct attention toward targets, and to recognize novel information in the environment.”
gMXeD TIL a Wisconsin man has eaten over 30,000 Big Mac hamburgers over 46 years, averaging 2 per day. He has only missed eight days in those 46 years, including when his mother died as she requested he forgo the burger in her memory.
9YeKQ TIL, women considered lower-caste in Kerala (India) had to pay Breast Tax (Mulakaram) for covering their breasts in public, otherwise go topless in public (until 1924)
Kg8R TIL: The Entire History of the World was Distilled into a Single Chart in 1931.