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TIL That the human brain can generate enough electricity to light up a small LED bulb, although this electrical energy is not used to power the human body in a significant way. The electrical signals produced by the brain allow neurons to communicate with each other and can be measured using an

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eDG6 TIL Robert Metcalfe predicted in 1995 that the internet would collapse in 1996, and “eat his words” if it did not. In 1997, he blended a printed copy of that speech with liquid and drank the mixture.
8QZa TIL that because of the number of low-hanging power lines in San Francisco, the city’s fire department still uses handmade wooden ladders, made by on-staff master ladder makers.
OodjL TIL That AWS's acceptable use policy has an exclusion in case of a zombie apocalypse. A widespread infection transmitted via bites would be excluded if "...that causes human corpses to reanimate and seek to consume human living flesh"
5rYn TIL Bobby Farrell, writer of the hit “Rasputin”, died on the same date, in the same city as Rasputin.
E1wKP TIL that several ancient religions believed cats are exalted souls, companions or guides for humans, that are all-knowing but mute so they cannot influence decisions made by humans.