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February 28, 2013

Posted on February 28, 2021 by Joel Byers

On February 28, 2013, Pope Benedict XVI retired as the pope of the Catholic Church at the spry young age of 85, the first to do so since Pope Gregory XII in 1415. All the others had died while on the job, obviously needing the money. Pope Benny Boy had obviously made some good investments … Continue reading →

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January 12, 1998

Posted on January 12, 2019 by Joel Byers

On January 12, 1998, nineteen nations decided to ban the cloning of humans. The Council of Europe issued an amendment to its ‘Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine”, where it and its member nations prohibit any intervention seeking to create a human being identical to another human being, whether living or dead. Russia, not being … Continue reading →

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June 13, 2013

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 2013 the US Supreme Court invalidated gene patents held by Myraid Genetics when it ruled that isolated human genes are not patentable. This did two things to protect the human race. First, it prevented any company, corporation or individual from patenting or copyrighting any part of the human genome … Continue reading →

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May 4, 2003

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 2003 Idaho Gem was born. He was the first member of the horse family to be cloned. This was the start of the Great Clone War between the descendants and followers of Dolly the Sheep and the usurper Idaho Gem and his human handlers. House Ovis and Clan Equus … Continue reading →

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July 23, 1998

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1998 U.S. scientists at the University of Hawaii turned out more than 50 “carbon-copy” mice with a cloning technique. The mice’s (meece’s) fur soon changed color from lab-rat white to almost banana yellow. To be able to differentiate between the little guys, the scientists named them Dave, Stuart, Jerry, … Continue reading →

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May 4, 2003

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 2003 Idaho Gem was born. He was the first member of the horse family to be cloned. The Daughters of Dolly, a sheep religious cult protested this scientific breakthrough, but they were ignored as they were sheep and couldn’t either write or say anything other than Baaaaaa.

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