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TIL: you can buy a different form of insulin (human insulin) for $25 without insurance or a prescription - compared to $400 with insurance!

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vb5r TIL that Islandia, Florida (population 5) was an incorporated city with no school, no sewers, no courthouse, no shops, no road leading in or out, and a fraudulent government made up of people who did not live there. It took over 50 years for the state to finally abolish it.
LQg8m TIL about Clive Wearing: In 1985 he developed chronic anterograde and retrograde amnesia and can only remember stuff for 30 seconds. He still retains the ability to play good music but forgets what he just played immediately.
ADOxn TIL that Tom Wilson, who portrayed Biff Tannen in the Back to The Future trilogy made a song answering the most repetitive questions about the films that he wishes people would stop asking him. It's called "The Question Song."
eY4k TIL Chuck Berry is still alive and about to release an album in 2017. His first in 38 years!
v1kd4 TIL Sir Francis Drake was considered a hero in England with Queen Elizabeth I awarding him knighthood in 1581. However, the Spanish considered him a pirate. King Philip II once offered a reward of 20,000 ducats ($8 million USD) for his capture or death.