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TIL there's a bio-hacker project to produce insulin cheaply.

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d8j08 TIL At 1:10 a.m. on May 9, 1945, night owls in the USSR heard a radio report that Nazi Germany had officially surrendered to the Soviet Union. Rather than wait until morning to celebrate, citizens took to the streets in their pajamas. 22 hours later, the entire country had run out of vodka.
98Jp TIL that wealthy people in the 1800’s built ruins on their estates and hired ornamental hermits to live in them and be eccentric
8eGD8 TIL: The Faroe Islands are one of very few countries in Europe to have no McDonalds outlets. You can, however, find a Burger King, in Torshavn if you're in need of a fast food fix
jNajn TIL that women are far more likely to kill people they know, and to do so by the stereotypical techniques (for women, at least) of poisoning and asphyxiation.
d8mJ8 TIL that Leslie Nielson, a legendary comedic actor, requested his grave's epitaph read "Let 'er rip" as a final and everlasting joke.