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TIL Ben Franklin’s Proposal for Daylight Savings time was originally written as a joke.

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v1nk4 TIL the world's first self-replicating synthetic organism also contains brainteasers written into its genetic code. Hidden inside its DNA are the names of its creators and famous quotes by James Joyce, Robert Oppenheimer, and Richard Feynman. There is also a URL address for those who crack the code.
ZpjMv TIL - Onasemnogene abeparvovec, sold under the brand name Zolgensma, is a gene therapy used to treat spinal muscular atrophy. Its famous because of its price of 2.125 million dollars a treatment.
M7LDA TIL the Syndrome of the Third Man. An unseen presence that converses with the victim and offers encouragement and practical advice has been seen by mountain climbers and explorers during stressful survival circumstances.
9YoEG TIL that in 1997 a person consumed 2-4 L of soda for a month leading to too much bromine (from brominated vegetable oil) which required dialysis to remove.
9Myr TIL that in Marvel’s Ultimate Universe, Avengers members Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver are a couple. And siblings. Seriously. That’s a thing that Marvel committed to.