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TIL, the active ingredient in Ozempic, semaglutide, was inspired by a protein found in the venom of the Gila monster.

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R7kNQ TIL of Naoto Matsumura, the "guardian of Fukushima’s animals." He is the only human brave enough to live in Fukushima’s radioactive exclusion zone and cares for all the animals left behind. He refuses to worry that radiation levels will kill him, saying "I'll probably be dead by then anyway."
ZpmEY TIL Mario Puzo, the author of the Godfather books who’d also adapted them to film, had no idea what he was doing as he’d never written a screenplay before. After winning two Oscars, he decided to buy a book on screenwriting to learn how. In the first chapter, it said “Study Godfather I”
xVnyk TIL the drums in “Never Let Me Down Again” by Depeche Mode were sampled from the drums in “Rhymin & Stealin” by the Beastie Boys, which we’re in turn sampled from “When The Levee Breaks” by Led Zeppelin.
aw5L TIL Alexander the Great expressed in his last will and testament the desire to see “transplant of populations from Asia to Europe and in the opposite direction from Europe to Asia, in order to bring the largest continent to common unity and to friendship by means of intermarriage and family ties.”
69oGm TIL that James Cameron offered Matt Damon 10% of "Avatar," which would've earned the actor over $250 million.