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TIL the first successful attempt to make a longer acting insulin was accomplished by combining insulin with protamine extracted from trout semen

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d8098 TIL of Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme who attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford in Sacramento, California. When the gun failed, she turned to the Secret Service and said, "It didn't go off. Can you believe it?"
loWXV TIL that Japan has spent $600 Million protecting two rocks that are apart of the coral reef Okinotorishima because it gives Japan a 200 nautical mile (370.4 km) exclusive economic zone (EEZ) around the atoll.
yVayv TIL weather forecasts are good at predicting temperatures but bad at predicting rain
PgxO TIL that the Danes saved almost all Danish Jews during WW2
5Y4XB TIL Jim Carey auditioned for SNL three times but was never cast