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TIL that researchers at Yale managed to restore some function to disembodied pig brains.

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P14Pe TIL that killer whales have cooperated with human whalers in the past.
xAK0 TIL In the U.S. 27% of children (0-18) are in poverty while 13% of the elderly (65+).
b9Kjj TIL that in 2013, police in Sayre, OK were testing new sonar equipment in Foss Lake. They found two submerged cars containing 3 bodies each that had been missing since 1969 & 1970. Police later concluded all were accidental drownings w/ no foul play.
AeGd TIL that the word “quisling”, or a person who collaborates with an enemy occupying force, is derived from a man named Vidkun Quisling, who headed a domestic Nazi collaborationist regime in Norway during the Second World War. His name is now synonymous with the word “traitor”.
m1dgp TIL that RadioShack has been purchased by a series of organizations that then went nearly or fully bankrupt, including Tai Lopez’ holding company