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TIL Issac Asimov coined the term “robotics” without knowing it. He assumed it was already a term.

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dNMB TIL that there is a mutation of the gene CCR5, called Delta 32, which introduces a premature stop codon into the gene. This premature codon means cells that have this mutation can’t receive the HIV virus. Individuals with a homozygous CCR5-Delta 32 mutation are completely resistant to the HIV virus.
5YrN9 TIL Doordash subsidizes their own payment of drivers with your tip— IE if you think you tipped $5 extra, they actually used $2 to “pay” the driver.
9Y0j6 TIL the earliest Sanskrit text is not found in India, but in Northern Syria
OGbmX TIL about the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857, when Mormons in Utah killed everybody over age 6 in a wagon train from Arkansas & Missouri that was just passing through en route to California
m1YQo TIL That These Beautiful Blue lobsters are extremely rare. It occurs when the lobster has a genetic mutation ( Roughly 1 in Every 2 Million ).Unlike the others, Nearly all avoid being eaten.(either rehomed or released).