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TIL that 2025 marked the first time CRISPR gene therapy cured sickle cell disease

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R7a56 TIL that in 2015, Costco sold more than 128 million hot dogs in their food courts. That's four times the amount of hot dogs sold in all MLB ballparks combined.
oBaVW TIL the very first Veterans of Foreign Wars post, VFW Post 1, is located in Denver.
rRJw1 TIL the FTC allows manufacturers to place the recycling logo on packaging even if the item is not recyclable.
JAl1 TIL that the sun does not rotate as a solid body but that the equator rotates faster than the poles
VM75m TIL of Marty Irby who spoke out against soring TN Walking Horses: caustic stuff & weights are put on legs; a horse throws its leg in the air reacting to the pain which trains the horse for The Big Lick high-stepping. Irby got death threats & even his wife left him for taking a stance against soring.