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

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Y7LGP TIL: On Malta, singers debate local politics and social issues in improvised song duels that are as much about knowing the issue as being able to spout witty poetry.
GY1KG TIL When he was the Governor of Tennessee, former US President Andrew Johnson made with his own hands a very handsome suit of clothes and sent it to the Governor of Kentucky, who had been a blacksmith in his young days. He forged a shovel and tongs and sent them to Johnson.
G0gj TIL of the first and only Space Mutiny when an American crew shut off communication equipment to protest their disagreement with NASA.
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