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

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Xb8Q TIL There is a genre of videogames in Japan called Kusoge which translates to “shit games” where games are either poor quality or made intentionally shitty and funny:
v18RD TIL Mark St. John, lead guitarist for KISS on one album, 1984's Animalize, died from a brain hemorrhage under mysterious circumstances in 2007. His girlfriend said it was the result of a beating he received in jail. Coroner said overdose.
PP7e TIL The US Marines found a stockpile of Taliban weapons in 2010 that contained a 1915 Lee-Enfield Bolt Action rifle still being used.
QNbBp TIL In 1857, Archduke Maximilian of Austria married Princess Charlotte of Belgium. Napoleon III later urged them to rule Mexico, where monarchists sought a crown. It ended badly—Maximilian died by firing squad and Charlotte suffered a mental breakdown.
xPa5 TIL In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.