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TIL that in 1987 Yoshikazu Kurosawa first described the idea of modified CAR-T-cells that could target specific cancer cells.

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QJ4Gk TIL Paul McCartney wrote Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me), because Dustin Hoffman did not believe that he could write a song "about anything", so Hoffman pulled out a magazine where they saw the story about Picasso's last words and McCartney created a demo of the song and lyrics on the spot.
6E90Q TIL that most Americans aren't aware of blackcurrant flavour (one of the most popular soft drink and confection flavours in the world) due to a ban on the plant in the 1900s because of its role in spreading disease among white pines, a principle industry of the growing American republic.
oV87 TIL our fingerprints are developed while we’re still in the womb and are unique based on our movement, location in the womb and composition of our mother’s amniotic fluid
R51lw TIL The Disney character Pete is a cat
ePXb TIL that as the Titanic sank, someone unlocked the kennels holding all the passengers’ pet dogs, “leading to the surreal sight of a pack of excited dogs racing up and down the slanting deck as the ship went down.”