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TIL that the first female Egyptian nuclear physicist, Sameera Moussa was assassinated in California

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7r6wP TIL A lactose intolerant man successfully biohacked himself using a virus to change his DNA and make his intestine produce a lactase
0wkEj TIL that James Eagan Holmes, the guy who committed the Aurora shooting during the premiere of The Dark Knight Rises, was sentenced to 13 life sentences in prison, with an additional 3,318 years for rigging his apartment with bombs and 140 counts of attempted murder
ZnL4 TIL United States, Myanmar and Liberia are the only countries which have not officially adopted the metric system
nWK5o TIL about skeuomorphism, when modern objects, real or digital, retain features of previous designs even when they aren't functional. Examples include the very tiny handle on maple syrup bottles, faux buckles on shoes, the floppy disk 'save' icon, or the sound of a shutter on a cell phone camera.
9YorM TIL that hospitals can and do prescribe alcohol to patients in order to prevent delirium tremens and alcoholic withdrawal