Oct 9 TIL that Sylvester Graham (of Graham Cracker fame), the original clean-eating guru and vegetarian pioneer who shunned alcohol, lust, meat, and even white bread, died at age 57 of complications from an opium enema
Oct 8 Kamala Harris on The View writing notes to teachers excusing students who skipped class to see her
Oct 8 AITAH for letting my chronically late wife miss an event she was looking forward to by not rushing her, because I wanted her to face consequences?
Oct 8 TIL a man named Christopher Thomas Knight ran out of gas in rural Maine in 1986, entered the woods, and lived there for 27 years without human contact.
Oct 8 Using the CRISPR technique to genetically modify mosquitoes by disabling a gene in females, so that their proboscis turns male, making them unable to pierce human skin.
