› added 3 years ago

394

TIL that insulin for commercial and medical use is synthesized primarily from genetically-modified E. coli cultures, as well as yeasts, insect, plant and mammal tissues

Read more ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

via reddit.com

160OX TIL there are happy (and sad) numbers
jN6PX TIL in 2002 a man managed to convince 30 people to quit their jobs and leave their homes to appear on a year long reality TV show that never existed.
Wkn48 TIL the piano intro in Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird" was composed by their roadie, Billy Powell. When he played it for them, he was promoted to band member on the spot.
LQmbP TIL North Korean dictator Kim Jung Un lived in Switzerland from 1992 until 2000, where he attended a private school, and was described as "well-integrated".
r7wx TIL in 1991 mutinous units of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard attempted to launch missile attacks against coalition forces in Saudi Arabia to trigger an armed conflict between Iran and the United States. Regular Iranian army forces rushed to the missile battery to prevent the missiles’ firing.