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TIL that Frederick Banting, the discoverer of Insulin, sold the patent to the University of Toronto for $1, cause he believed that his discover "belongs to the world".

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LXV TIL that the Times New Roman typeface was commissioned by The Times [of London] in 1931 after they were accused of being “badly printed and typographically antiquated”.
BgvxW TIL that Ray Kurzweil, famous for his futuristic predictions about singularity, is the same Kurzweil who founded a famous "Kurzweil Music Systems" company that produces electronic musical instruments
Z8xQv TIL of Duexis, a brand name medication consisting of ibuprofen 800 (4 advils) and famotidine 26.6 (1 and 1/3 pepcid) per capsule. A 90 count bottle costs over $3000, whereas 360 advils and 120 pepcid cost around $25.
ep9J TIL that over 99% of the electricity produced in Norway is renewable and clean
a1vo TIL Eleanor Roosevelt’s civil rights work angered the Ku Klux Klan so much that they put a $25,000 bounty on her.