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My brain grew ten sizes today.

1. In the 60's US Army did an experiment, where two people Dave Dobson and Bob Selden without nuclear training had to design a nuke with only access to publicly available documents. They succeeded.

01. The London Underground has its own subspecies of mosquito, which is more aggressive towards humans than its surface-dwelling relative. #london #underground #subspecies #animal #science #knowledge #education #bizarre #strange

1. About 1 in 50 people can't visualize images in their head. It's called Aphantasia, and if you have it you can't even visualize things such as your own house or your best friend’s face.

My brain... it hurts.

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1. Because nobody had thought to put a diaper inside Alan Shepard's spacesuit during his Freedom 7 mission, he was forced to relieve himself directly into his suit after being in it for more than 8 hours, shorting his medical electrodes.

1. People from England in the past used to believe that collecting fern seeds would make you invisible. It turns out they don’t have seeds.

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