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

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dXDB TIL that all the members of the Fellowship of the Ring got a tattoo of the word “nine,” except for Gimli.
lxnB TIL that Sean Connery turned down the Gandalf role in Lord of the Rings. “I read the book. I read the script. I saw the movie. I still don’t understand it.”
Zp5AB TIL that there was a point during the 1990s when TY beanie babies made up 10% of all sales on eBay.
nJRB TIL It is often assumed in astrobiology that if life exists somewhere else in the universe, it will also be carbon based.This assumption is referred to by critics as carbon chauvinism.
QJjOM TIL: The 4.2-kiloyear event was one of the most severe climatic events of the Holocene, which is said to have caused the decline of many civilizations from Egypt to the Indus valley.