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TIL Alysson Muotri wants Sentiomics: Sentiomics is the development and ‘education’ of human brain organoids to become sentient.

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EaDp TIL Simon Cowell’s first job was polishing Jack Nicholson’s axe in “The Shining”. He worked as a runner on-set and cleaned Nicholson’s axe between takes for the most famous scenes, making it so shiny you could see your face in it.
OG756 TIL that many of today's biggest entertainers started by living in the Manhattan Plaza, a federally-subsidized affordable housing building for low-income artists. Former residents range from Tennessee Williams to Larry David and even the Chalamets (Timothée and his sister were raised there).
PYwAZ TIL about United States v. Darby Lumber Co., a 1941 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld federal min. wage and labor laws. Congress has the power to regulate interstate commerce, and can prevent states from using substandard labor practices to gain an economic advantage over other states.
XbLE TIL that every president since Richard Nixon has had an assassination attempt.
e0lA6 TIL the largest mass lynching in the U.S. was of Italian Americans in New Orleans.