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TIL About CRISPR-Cas9’s New Frontier: Rewriting Genetic Memories and sickle cell disease.

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NLN1 TIL: There is a longer gap in time between the invention of the motorcycle and the first backflip on motorcycle, then there is the invention of flight and us landing on the moon.
epM1b TIL Sarah Josepha Hale, the author of "Mary Had a Little Lamb," campaigned for decades to make Thanksgiving a national holiday, writing to five presidents. Lincoln finally agreed in 1863.
OoPa4 TIL the word "jizz" actually means "the overall impression or appearance of a bird", which leads to sentences in bird watching books such as "The soaring jizz is quite majestic"
neYK7 TIL Prince's death helped save 2 lives. Grammy-winning singer Chaka Khan and her sister were both addicted to fentanyl. Khan told the Associated Press they entered an intensive rehab program because "the tragic death of Prince" made them realize it was "time to take action to save our lives."
VBmw4 TIL Steve Jobs hated Android OS so much he would spend billions to destroy it since he believed it is "stolen product"