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

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1aZB7 TIL that in Japan, back when Christianity was illegal, people were told to step on this plaque with a picture of Mary or Jesus on it to prove that they weren’t Christians
0dZl5 TIL about Ostentatio genitalium (Latin for "display of the genitals") - term that refers to artistic emphasis of the genitals of Christ in Renaissance paintings
ewEJ TIL of bug chasers, an uncommon homosexual subculture in which men without HIV actively seek out those with HIV for sex so they can contract the virus.
N7vwJ TIL Bath Abbey church in England had up to an estimated 6,000 people buried under it which caused voids to form and put the church floors in danger of collapse. A church rep said "they just jammed them in and jammed them in — it would have been very unpleasant to put it mildly."
ADVeB TIL the reason we call them an ear nose and throat doctor, is because the actual word to describe them is one of the hardest words to pronounce in the English language. The correct word to use is a Otorhinolaryngologist. o-to-rhi-no-lar-yn-gol-o-gist