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Breakfast is overrated, experts now say, and separating meals into three squares might not even be healthy.

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wxMo TIL that in 2013, a researcher at UW managed the first human to human brain interface through the Internet by wearing a cap and playing a video game. When he wanted to shoot a missile, he thought “fire” and another researcher across campus’s finger moved involuntarily and pressed the fire button.
4kAQR TIL the State of Pennsylvania bans patrons from all casinos in the state if they've left kids unattended in cars at casinos. In a recent 17 month period, nearly 600 children were left alone in 370 incidents.
JYEJ4 TIL Coca Cola's secret ingredients were revealed to a rabbi in 1935 so he could certify it as kosher.
Brwoe TIL that the blue whale heart rate was measured for the first time last year! It gets as low as 2 beats per minute, raising up to 37 when it resurfaces (more oxygen access). It works at physiological extremes, and explains why the whale never evolved to be even bigger.
WkQ6L TIL in 1989, billionaire Richard Branson released a hot air balloon shaped like a UFO and hired a midget dressed as E.T. to scare people when it landed.