In 1923, Frederick Banting and John McLeod won the Nobel Prize for their invention of Insulin. But this story is far from simple. Today we're breaking down how this amazing medical discovery came to be and how a lucky coin toss ended one medical student in the history books. You'll want to stick around!

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00:00 Intro

01:40 Toronto General Hospital in 1920s

03:14 Frederick Banting took a job as teaching assistant

06:45 John Mcleod gives Banting 10 dogs and a medical student

09:53 Leonard Thompson is the first patient ever given Insulin

13:11 Insulin is given away for a cost of $1

Today we're talking about one of the most famous rivalries in human history. And it might be the reason we have pretty robust electrical networks these days. This story is filled with rivalries, betrayal, triumph, and ultimate bragging rights for the winner. Oh, and one of them electrocuted actual animals.

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00:00 Intro

01:15 Edison vs. Tesla vs. Westinghouse

03:11 Harold Brown electrocutes actual animals

05:37 William Kemmler botched execution

07:15 Westinghouse wins the Chicago Fair contract

09:31 What happened to Edison, Tesla, and Westinghouse?

10:35 What is the Takeaway?

The story of Marie Curie is something out of a Hollywood movie. 2 Nobel prizes in two different disciplines - the only scientist to ever do so. Even going as far as taking her own daughter, Irene, into the WW1 battlefields. If you don't know this story, you're in for a treat.

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00:00 Intro

01:11 Marie Curie born in Warsaw, Poland

04:06 Marie Curie Invents the little curies cars

05:49 Over 1 million soldiers are treated using the mobile xray cars

7:07 Marie kept radium as a nightlight

9:14 Marie Curie's body is still radioactive