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TIl, Ray Kurzweil has predicted that computer brain implants will be available by year 2029. Since 1990, 89 of his 108 predictions have come true.

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epkvL TIL in 2004 the average TV screen size was 25.4" and the average selling price was $552, whereas, in 2019 the average screen size had increased to 47" while the average selling price had dropped to $336.
J1BdQ TIL that an F-117 Nighthawk crashed in Sequoia National Forest in 1986, two years before the plane was publicly announced. The US Air Force established a permitter around the crash site and secretly replaced the wreckage with a wrecked F-101A that had been stored in Area 51 for this purpose.
6EAVJ TIL that every year since 1999 Netherlands have vote for the best 2000 songs in history. They are then to be played on radio in the week leading up to New Year's Eve. Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen has won every year except 4 times.
510B TIL that “Reddit” in latin means “To repeat”.
eGen TIL the US imports 11% of its oil from Saudi Arabia and 38% of its oil from Canada