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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
OGayY TIL that a fire destroyed most of Harvard Library’s collection in 1764. Only a small number of books were spared, including 144 that were checked out at the time. One of these books was found and returned in 1997!
AkkB TIL Mayans exist today. They will be celebrating a new era on Dec 21st, not the end of the World.
v1Y9L TIL of the Arlington Ladies who are a group of volunteers that attend funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery to ensure that no Soldier, Sailor, Airman or Coast Guardsman is buried alone.
OoELX TIL that the 1998 science fiction film "Soldier" starring Kurt Russell was meant to share a universe with "Blade Runner" and has oblique references to it and stories by Philip K. Dick.