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TIL the diabetes drug exenatide was isolated from the venom of the only venomous lizard native to the US, the Gila monster

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kOAd7 TIL the guitar solos finishing "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd were added to give lead singer Ronnie Van Zant a chance to rest while playing several sets per night.
rNnJw TIL Spanish is the only language that uses inverted question mark (¿) and exclamation mark (¡)
MeWlm TIL there is a theory that some of the Black Death was not bubonic plague, but a variant of a haemoratic fever. Those who survived may have passed this immunity through genetics which may account for the percentage of individuals who are immune to AIDS.
M77b8 TIL of Mary Anning, who discovered, with her brother, the first ichthyosaur fossil at age 12. She would go on to discover many more fossils and revolutionize the science of paleontology. However, due to being a woman in the early 1800s, she rarely received full credit for her discoveries.
bNl7 TIL due to a lack of family and friends in attendance at his funeral, the pallbearer’s of Lee Harvey Oswald’s casket were reporters.