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TIL It Was Once Someone’s Job to Chat With the King While He Used the Toilet

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PYaZV TIL scientists have successfully created a process to genetically modify pigs to produce human-transplantable organs. The method edits the genetics of pig DNA to prevent our bodies from rejecting their organs. It would end transplant lists overnight. Human trials are starting.
l7Xar TIL that "Dead Poets Society" (1989) remains Ethan Hawke's most commercially successful movie. It grossed $235 million worldwide
yQaYv TIL that for 137 years, Barcelona's Sagrada Familia was being constructed illegally. It only got its building permit in 2019 when authorities found out it didn't have one in 2016.
LQxBQ TIL that crab sticks are not made from crabs.
QJmQe TIL Japan's execution system is done only by hanging, with prisoners in "detention centers" being taken to an execution chamber and dropped to their death using a trapdoor.