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TIL Scientists developed a brain-computer interface that allow paralyzed patients to surf the web with just their thoughts

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wogJP TIL: Glitch is a Yiddish word derived from glitsh, for slippery place, and from glitshn, meaning to slide, or glide. It was initially used in the 40s by radio announcers to indicate on-air mistakes
GZNG TIL A 1994 Colombian World Cup Player was killed for scoring against his team
A71d TIL that THC (the main agent in marijuana) is legal in pill form in all 50 states, called Marinol.
W7RjB TIL The last time gold medals were made from solid gold was at the summer Games staged in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1912. Thereafter, the medals were cast in silver and coated in 6 g (0.2 oz) of gold.
dZAB TIL: Ryan Holle - Sentenced to life in prison for loaning his car to a friend who he thought was getting them fast food. Let’s help him become a free man again!