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TIL: Scientists wired two rats’ brains together and the result was mutual problem solving: “We created a new central nervous system made of two brains.”

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wo5M6 TIL Ted Kaczynski (aka the Unabomber) received an invitation in 2012 to the 50th reunion for Harvard’s 1962 undergraduate class while at ADX Florence prison. In his RSVP, he listed his occupation as ‘prisoner’.
7r9Jb Today I Learned that The Simpsons get more viewers on average per episode than Family Guy and American Dad combined.
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