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TIL - The inventor of the USB had originally intended for it to be flippable, however that idea was scrapped due to the extra cost. Despite USB becoming the standard, he still regrets that decision. "In hindsight, we blew it," he said.

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4XmAg TIL that the brain displays a similar pattern of chaotic activity during meditation as it does during the psychedelic experience. The findings, published in the journal Neuroscience, indicate that meditation is associated with increased brain entropy
4X5Ga TIL that in 1913 the first $20,000 of income was not federally taxed. That's $551,521.21 in July 2021 dollars.
bZ7N TIL that in 1894, an entire bird species, the Stephens Island Wren, was single-handedly wiped out by a cat named Tibbles
d86PZ TIL that researchers at Yale managed to restore some function to disembodied pig brains.
5VOmR TIL that 73.9% of North Americans are overweight