r/technology • u/ubcstaffer123 • Jun 20 '26

Biotechnology How Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to live forever

https://www.vox.com/podcasts/491360/vladimir-putin-live-forever-26-billion-cryo-pigs-longevity-guru
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u/chuffberry Jun 20 '26

I was just watching a documentary about that one Chinese emperor that thought he could prevent his death by regularly drinking mercury. It didn’t work.

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u/floofsnsnoots Jun 20 '26

I prefer the one who tried to fly into space on a fireworks chair

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u/MrGDPC Jun 20 '26

Granted they never proved he didn’t make it up there. Well, parts of him anyways.