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TIL Scientists Just Invented the Neural Lace which would allow your brain to connect to the internet.

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n5lb TIL a young farmer in India has broken the world record rice harvest by 3 tonnes per hectare using only organic methods.
JY6pj TIL In 2011, a Brazilian man found a penguin covered in oil and close to death. He nursed him back to health and since then the Penguin swims 3 to 5 thousand miles every year to spend time with his human soulmate.
WkY7X TIL that in 1997, a scientist died when one drop of dimethylmercury permeated her latex glove. It took several months for the chemical to kill her. Prior to her death, no one knew that it could soak through latex or how it killed people.
1XYW TIL the band Creed once gave a performance that was so bad, the fanbase sued and won.
neV7o TIL that the blue macaw parrot that inspired "Rio" is now officially extinct in the wild