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TIL small number of female prostitutes in Nairobi have become resistant to AIDS, though they often have sex with infected men.

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nPPG TIL of the term champagne socialist, which is a term used to describe self-described socialists who lead upper middle class lifestyles incompatible with their political convictions
4vXa TIL there is a class above the upper class called the TOP class (aka old money), whose behavior varies from the typical wealthy person with unspoken codes between members (based on Paul Fussell’s book).
8epWX TIL Astronauts mixed concrete on the space station for the first time in 2019. Thanks to a lack of gravity-induced sedimentation, the cement's density was more uniform, making it stronger. But it also developed large internal air pockets, making it more porous.
eZ5b TIL that a New Zealand father was arrested and taken from his children for 8 months because people at a park mistook him kissing his daughter as indecent assault.
Z897R TIL after vocalist Chris Cornell committed suicide, Linkin Park's Chester Bennington performed "Hallelujah" at his funeral. 2 months later, following Bennington's death, Cornell's twelve-year-old daughter (who was also Bennington's goddaughter) performed "Hallelujah" as a tribute to the both of them