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TIL of Israel Epstein, a Jewish Polish-Chinese journalist who gained intimate access to Mao Zedong’s inner circle and was one of the few foreigners to gain Chinese citizenship.

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KOk5J TIL how the severing the Corpus Callosum can change the way the halves of the brain communicate.
BrXMb TIL GravityLight is an LED light powered by a bag filled with 20 lbs of rocks or earth, attached to a cord, which slowly descends and powers the light for up to 20 minutes & takes only seconds to reset. Intended as a replacement for kerosene lamps in the developing world it has no operating costs
Z1G4 TIL the Pinball game on windows was actually a demo for a full collection of Pinball games.
7rG4p TIL that after Speedo released the LZR Racer in 2008, 93 world records have been broken by swimmers wearing an LZR Racer and 33 of the first 36 2008 Olympic medals have been won wearing it as of 24 August 2009. Its “technological” advantage led it to be banned from further high end competitive use
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