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TIL the first scientists to produce insulin for Type I diabetes treatment made their patent available without royalties, permitting the rapid, worldwide spread of insulin therapy.

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epnZb TIL the first successful attempt to make a longer acting insulin was accomplished by combining insulin with protamine extracted from trout semen
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wLAp8 TIL that, if extra-terrestrial life is found in our Solar System, it means the Great Filter (whatever keeps other life in the Cosmos from contacting us) is in Humanity's future, not its past. Basically, if we find life on Mars or Europa, we can be certain that our kind will never travel the stars.
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b9mA7 TIL that the word ‘gyrle’, now spelled ‘girl’, used to be gender neutral. It was used to refer to any young child.