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TIL there is a group of biohackers trying to open source insulin production

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KYvM6 TIL that the Guinness Book of World Records and Guinness Breweries are the same Guinness.
4W6o TIL Dolphins can overcome sleep deprivation and remain constantly vigilant for days at a time by resting one half of their brain while the other half remains conscious.
oRy8L TIL that the 18th century Badminton Cabinet is the most expensive piece of furniture ever sold at $36.7 million (2004). It is a Florentine ebony chest, inlaid with hard and semiprecious stones commissioned in 1726 by Henry Somerset, 3rd Duke of Beaufort, at the age of 19
NXveE TIL on a beach in 2004 10-yr-old Tilly Smith recognized the signs in the ocean that a tsunami was minutes away because she had studied it 2 weeks before in school. She told a hotel chef who recognized the word tsunami & helped evacuate the area. Her actions are believed to have saved about 100 lives
Oo9eg TIL that there are bottles of absinthe hidden in a forest in Switzerland. Thirsty hikers are allowed to drink from them.