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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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bGaE TIL that 91 years ago, the most destructive tornado ever recorded in US history was formed. It was reportedly on the ground for 3 hours and 30 min, cutting a swath through 3 states and killing 695 people
kJlE5 TIL the BBC programme "The Black and White Minstrel Show," with white actors performing in blackface, aired for 20 years ending in 1978. Once, in 1967, as an experiment, the network aired a version where black actors performed in whiteface.
6kVY TIL about the “Demon Core’, a 6.2 kg subcritical mass of plutonium that briefly went critical during two separate experiments, killing two members of the Manhattan Project
VBka0 TIL "pruney fingers" are not caused by your skin swelling from absorbing water. They're actually caused by your nervous system constricting the blood vessels in the skin, causing them to shrink and the skin to fold over them.
W797N TIL that for 1308 years (128 CE - 1436) the dome of the Pantheon has been the largest dome in the world. The new record was then held by the dome of Florence Cathedral for 435 years (1436 - 1871). They both still hold the record for their "category" (unreinforced solid concrete and brick and mortar)