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TIL a brain damaged rat was given a robotic cerebellum. The cyborg rodent then achieved normal body functions.

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VMbZp TIL in 1975 actor Oliver Reed had a pie thrown in his face at a premiere. Then a man came up to him with a card saying "Pie in the Face International. You have been selected by Mr. Keith Moon to become a member." and a certificate with the words "You are a member, sponsored by Keith Moon.".
Bmrk TIL jaguars have such powerful jaws that they kill their prey by biting into the brain directly through the skull.
LkP0P TIL that the longest traffic jam, which happened in August 2010 in Beijing, China, lasted for a tremendous 12 days in a 62-mile(100 km) road. Its cause was the road work on the highway and many vehicles clogging all over the road
eOJg TIL: The President of Belarus introduced a new law in 2014 that prohibits collective farm workers from leaving their jobs willingly. He later admitted that the law is very much like medieval serfdom.
6Er7W TIL: In Japan a 63 year old fisherman and karate expert fought off a bear, then drove himself to the hospital