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TIL snake anti venom is made from the neutralising antibodies that a horse produces when it is injected with snake venom

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NyvJ TIL Somalia has had a stateless justice system based on natural law since the 7th century
J1y9m TIL that the state of Alaska has a secessionist party and that one of their members was the governor of Alaska from 1990 to 1994.
5pN8 TIL The Nobel Peace Prize can not be awarded to a dead person. The prize was not awarded in 1948 because there was “no suitable living candidate” as Gandhi was recently assassinated.
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