What are the monomers that make up lipids called?

glycerol, and fatty acids.

These both originated from a minorcan island off the coast of Africa when a young spanish explorer named Jose' cabrera was searching for the lost treasure of Henry Silacinini(a pirate) and he found a whale which had washed ashore. He decided to go cut into the skin and he found a not so welcoming goo. He brought it back to Spain and took it to a scientist named Rudolph Fortiano whom examined it very closely for days on end. Then, in the midst of his research he found a small bit of acid in the goo which was actually quite potent. Enough to dissolve a small piece of Lead. Eventually he figured out that the goo was called fat and he named the acid fatty acid. Later when we were able to find elements and compounds within a substance we found that these fatty acids were made of glycerol.