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TIL there's a bio-hacker project to produce insulin cheaply.
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TIL there is such a thing as an antimatter factory- and one is currently active at CERN.
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TIL that the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress was first flown in 1952. There are still 58 in active service and the B52 is expected to remain in service into the 2050s.
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TIL: Harvard College and Harvard University are both accurate names (but not interchangeable); the former is the undergraduate program and the latter is the grad schools
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TIL that, forgotten dessert from 1920's called 'it girl'. Basically melt marshmallows on the stove, let them cool, and whip them into a foam with a small amount of cream, adding mashed fruit and little juice for flavor.
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TIL that in 1937, the Soviets started construction of the 1,624ft ‘Palace of the Soviets’ tower (almost as tall as the Taipei 101 tower) with a huge (328ft tall) statue of Lenin on the top. WWII stopped construction, and the foundations were turned into the world’s largest swimming pool