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TIL about Posthuman Transhumanism, an ideology which seeks to develop and make available technologies that eliminate aging, enable immortality and greatly enhance human intellectual, physical, and psychological capacities, in order to achieve a "posthuman future"

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rR8mW TIL the Large Hadron Collider had to be turned off for a period of time because a bit of baguette was found in it.
NXE86 TIL over 20 million people were killed in Chinese Islamic insurgency in 1860s and 1870s under Qing dysnasty, one province lost 14 million and the neighboring province 6 million
epNm5 TIL American-Iranian author F.Esfandiary, who identified as a "transhumanist" changed his name to FM-2030 to reflect his belief that he'd live to be 100 years old. He was convinced that by 2030, technology would make everyone ageless and immortal. He was the first person to be vitrified after death
xVBxB TIL that famous abolitionist Sojourner Truth, born a slave in New York, was raised speaking Dutch natively, and didn't learn English until she was sold away from her family at the age of only 9.
D1nme TIL the first theaters in the early 1900's charged a five cents for admission, and were therefore named "nickelodeons."