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TIL Chinese scientist who used a gene editing tool called CRISPR to make two twins immune to HIV is now missing

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DkOV TIL that Anonymous chose the Guy Fawkes mask out of practicality and not for its meaning; it was the only mask readily available worldwide for their 2008 protest against Scientology.
GG71 TIL fungi have been observed to do almost everything in managing an environment, from digesting minerals out of rock formations to consuming fossil fuel spills to de-radiating an environment(like around Chernobyl) (btw 30:57- 47:45)
xvM7 TIL Don King killed two men. One was shot in the back while robbing one of King’s gambling houses. The other was an employee stomped to death for owing him $600.
9Y7nD TIL largest offshore gas platform - Troll A, It stands almost 500 meters tall and weighs 656,000 tons - it's one of the biggest man-made objects ever towed
R5w4w TIL that the first recorded person to fly was Yuan Huangtou, a Chinese former prince who was forced to participate in an experiment in 559 CE with other prisoners in which he was strapped to a kite and flown off a 33 meter tall tower. He was the only survivor and flew 2.5 km.