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TIL that AIDS was originally called GRID, short for Gay Related Immune Deficiency

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woNbM TIL: More than 4,000 Swedes have inserted microchips into their hands to store emergency contact details, social media profiles or e-tickets for events and rail journeys
6kZJ TIL The entire US coal industry employs fewer people than Arbys
gMRPD TIL That there’s 67 different Tommy’s burger restaurant knockoffs.
wonE6 TIL The Most Controversial Shirt in Rock History led to 22 years of arrests and public outrage. Extreme-metal band Cradle of Filth released the shirt in 1993. It bears the image of a masturbating nun on the front with the phrase “Vestal masturbation,” and the words “Jesus is a cunt on the back.
X0nDE TIL that the first Roman Emperor wanted to be titled “Romulus” but was convinced to pick Augustus instead due to the former name’s monarchical connotations