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TIL before bacteria were genetically modified to make insulin, more than 1800 kgs of pig's parts were required to make just to make 0.23 kgs of insulin for human use

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PYpVO TIL that Woodrow Wilson re-segregated Princeton University when he was the school's president
oBZDL TIL The word "robot" comes from an old Slavic word, robota, meaning "forced labor".
OGZPa TIL Shel Silverstein, who wrote "Where the Sidewalk Ends", was a prolific writer. He wrote Johnny Cash's "25 Minutes to Go" and Dr. Hook's "The Cover of 'Rolling Stone'". His book "A Light in the Attic" was on the NYT best sellers list for 181 weeks. And he never intended to be a children's author.
1aDZP TIL that during the Battle of Boulogne on 23 May 1940, a shell from the British ship HMS Venomous made a German tank turn "over and over, like a child doing a cart-wheel".
JNOB TIL the more likely a man can grow a beard, the greater the risk he will go bald.