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

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WkNGY TIL Richard Harris was so drunk through the 1970s that he forgot he owned a Rolls Royce. It sat in a New York garage for 25 years before he found an old photo of himself with it and his accountant confirmed it was still there running up $90k in garage storage costs.
R76jl TIL that although Usain Bolt has won 8 gold medals in the Olympics, he only ran for 114 seconds in the finals. When you include the preliminary rounds, Bolt has spent only 325 seconds on the Olympics track. This means that he has got a gold medal for every 36 seconds, including qualifying rounds.
x6Ln5 TIL that after Terry Jones filmed the 1996 adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind in the Willows" with live actors, the US distributor essentially ignored it. Eventually, Jones heard that the film was being shown in 1 US cinema; when he went there, he found out that it was a pornographic cinema.
kJaB TIL that Oreos in Canada are made with coconut oil, which apparently gives them a different taste than their US counterparts.
JJGk TIL Dust from the Sahara Desert travels across the Atlantic Ocean helping fertilize soil in the Amazon rainforest.