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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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Opyg TIL that in May of 1993, a Japanese Doomsday cult situated deep in the Australian Outback reportedly set off some form of an explosion that registered as seismic activity.
M9EA TIL that North Korea had a show called “Let’s trim our hair in accordance with the socialist lifestyle”
O5AL TIL condoms can hold up to 40 liters of air, or 9 gallons of water
GYEgN TIL Kwihnai Tosabitʉ (White Eagle), a Comanche medicine man, convinced his tribe that they were invincible before a battle. After their defeat, he was blamed and thereafter known as Isatai'i (Coyote Vagina)
E19dW TIL of Jason Thomas, an ex-Marine who saved two police officers who were stuck in the rubble of the World Trade Center during 9/11, with the help of another ex-Marine David Karnes. When his mom told him about the attack, Thomas retrieved his Marine uniform and sped to Ground Zero without hesitation.