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TIL we got our understanding of diabetes, and first successful diabetes treatment, from dogs.

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GYRLG TIL that The North Face clothing company sued a clothing company called The South Butt and won forcing them to shut down their web store, Facebook page, surrender all merchandise, and pay a $65,000 fine.
lrKa TIL before blood glucose tests were available, doctors would taste the urine of their patients to diagnose Diabetes. A sweet taste meant the patient was diabetic.
w718 TIL there’s a Burger King in the town of Mattoon, Illinois which actually opened before the giant chain and registered as a statewide trademark in 1959. The Burger King chain isn’t allowed to operate within 20 miles of the original restaurant.
4XGYo TIL that onions, garlic, and other alliums are toxic, and even deadly to dogs, especially in powdered form, with as little as .5% body weight consumption required to reach toxicity.
awneA TIL sci-fi author Isaac Asimov refused the invitation to friend and famed A.I. pioneer Marvin Minsky’s lab at MIT in the 60s because he was “Writing about really intelligent robots of the future and was sure that if he came and saw the clumsy ones that we were making it would spoil his imagination.”