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TIL of research into genetically engineering humans for space and living on other planets. One method is epigenome engineering and would target genes advantageous for space. Another method is to combine the DNA of other species (i.e. tardigrades) with human cells to make humans better fit for space.

Va6k TIL Christophen Langan (IQ 190-210) was regularly beaten as a child for being smarter than his stepfather (IQ unknown). At age 12 he began weight training and at 14 threw his stepfather out of the house. Langan worked mostly labor-intensive jobs and for over 20 years, as a bouncer on Long Island.
7akp TIL (from the former Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Transportation) that if you work for an airline and you blow the whistle on them for safety violations, you will NEVER be able to work in the aviation industry OR in any related government agencies ever again
xVDWo TIL Stephen Hawking saw a future in which the rich would use genetic engineering to make themselves smarter, more disease resistant and likely to live longer. “Once such superhumans appear, there will be significant political problems with unimproved humans, who won’t be able to compete", he wrote.
dDxo8 TIL: Dodi Fayed, who was dating Princess Diana and died in the same crash, was cousins with Jamal Khashoggi the journalist who was murdered
J161 TIL that 22 Arab countries all offered full recognition of Israel if they supported a Two-State solution for Palestine, and are rejected to this day