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TIL people who received bionic eye implants lost vision after the company who created them went bust.

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JwpB TIL the album cover of Joy Division’s “Unknown Pleasures” is a visual representation of the first ever extraterrestrial pulsar discovered by humans.
wL5X8 TIL that Keurig K-Cups generate 10 times the solid waste that would be generated from a standard drip brewer and most of that waste isn't recyclable. Co-founder John Sylvan said, "I feel bad sometimes that I ever did it.”
dEXB TIL that the fictional material “Transparent Aluminium”, in the 1986 film Star Trek IV, became an experimental reality in 2009
1ROX TIL The extinct Pyrenean ibex was resurrected by cloning
yGWM TIL Vikings may have fought under the influence of shrooms and large amount of alcohol in order to go berserk. (berserksgang)