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TIL gene editing technology exists today

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rNGd TIL on October 20, 1944, an above-ground natural gas storage tank began to leak. The gas eventually made its way into the sewers of Cleveland and eventually ignited, blowing manhole covers miles away and shooting flames up through the plumbing of homes. 130 people were killed.
l7BPN TIL that actor Nicolas Cage's stage name was inspired in part by the Marvel Superhero "Luke Cage". He decided to change it when people would keep quoting films of his uncle Francis Ford Coppola to him.
y0V TIL that the U.S. criminal justice system employs more people than America’s two largest private employers - Wal-Mart and McDonald’s - combined, and has proportionally almost 6 times more blacks locked up than South Africa did at the height of Apartheid
8eP5L TIL there is a CITY (was a town) in Texas named “Cut and Shoot”.
XE7v8 TIL that over the past few years, 35 bicycles and 7 cars have been left aboard Washington State Ferries. The passengers boarded and forgot they rode/drove on and walked off. This can result in massive (and expensive) searches, in case the passenger went overboard.