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TIL that scientists have been able to use a unique gene therapy to cure the herpes simplex virus in mice with plans to move into human clinical trials in the next three years.

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VjV8 TIL that Assassin Bugs kill ants, suck their insides out and attatch the ants corpse to their body. They then rock up to an ants nest undetected as they possess the scent of an ant. While invisible in the ants nest, they eat when they want
dDwrQ TIL Though they have ancient origins the modern western popularity of earth shelters was driven by the 1973 Oil Crisis and back-to-the-land movement. However the most earth shelters are in Northern China, where approximately 10 million people living underground.
D146v TIL in 1984 an animator named Jim Jenkins had a rough breakup and suffered injuries in a biking accident. He gained a new outlook on life and desired a world “where there is no overdue rent and no delinquent phone bills”. This inspired the creation of Bluffington, the hometown of Nickelodeon's Doug.
m1k6v TIL-Foot Binding in China lasted for 1000 years. The last "lotus shoe" store closed in 1999.
epxkg TIL between 2002 and 2018, 13 people were killed in Filipino karaoke bars while performing Frank Sinatra's "My Way" by other drunken patrons. Reasons include singing it in the wrong key or too many times in a row, or the "arrogant" lyrics putting off the audience. Most bars have now banned the song.