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TIL Anderson Cooper has no formal training as a journalist and interned at the CIA before taking up the profession

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ZVl4 TIL the french use the expression “the english have landed” to say a woman is on her period.
07BR TIL a man was cured of HIV in Germany via a bone marrow transplant from a donor whose gene mutation made him immune to HIV. That gene is relatively common in N. Europe. Researchers have speculated that the gene is the result of natural selection during diseases similar to small pox or Black Death
e0OZb TIL all airports are aerodromes, but not all aerodromes are airports.
Ooa87 TIL that the term 'winging it' was originally a theatrical slang term for actors who didn't know their lines, and reviewed scripts in between scenes or received prompts from off stage in the 'wings'.
m14vo TIL that the Beatles toured North America in 1964, playing 32 shows at 26 different venues in just 33 days. During the tour they made about $1 Million, which would be about $7.5 Million today.