› added 1 year ago

166

TIL: Snails have Teeth - Snails’ Teeth Beats Spider Silk As Nature’s Strongest Material

Read more smithsonianmag.com

via reddit.com

DQ0xJ TIL that the Union Jack isn’t Great Britain’s legal flag and is only used as such due to precedent.
d8L57 TIL scientists have improved upon CAR-T: a living drug made by genetically engineering a patient's T-cells kill cancer cells. They found a new type of T-cell that could attack a wider range of cancers than the existing CAR-T. This raises the prospect of a 'one-size-fits-all' cancer treatment.
Zp0JG TIL that in the original Addams Family TV Show, Gomez is the nephew of Uncle Fester. They were rewritten as brothers for the movies in the 1990s.
Vxdk TIL that a man once sued Satan for depriving him of his constitutional rights. The judge dismissed the case because the plaintiff had not included instructions for how a U.S. Marshal could serve process on Satan.
Y7XWv TIL George V’s death was purposely expedited by his doctor when he injected the Kings jugular vein with morphine and cocaine. Some have called it euthanasia, others, murder.