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TIL Cornell University modified a human embryo with a protein to glow in the dark in the first documented modification on a human embryo

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JZR1 TIL Linux 4.0’s codename is “Hurr durr I'ma sheep”
kXjg TIL that in 1355, two Oxford Students started a two day riot that killed over 90 people over the quality of wine at a local tavern.
wLelJ TIL that Rob Riggle (the actor that plays Captain Jack in The Office 'Booze Cruise') is actually a Retired U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel. He retired in 2013 after 23 years of service.
vPmYK TIL soul music pioneer Curtis Mayfield was paralysed from the neck down during a live performance in 1990, and still managed to produce an album in 1996
kOQke TIL that the USA was never intended to be an actual democracy of the people. The Federalist Papers stated that the republic would exist "in the total exclusion of the people, in their collective capacity, from any share” of lawmaking.