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TIL that the NFL was paid $400 million by Microsoft to use their tablets, but the announcers keep calling them iPads.

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yQyg8 TIL killing a panda in china is punishable by death.
gWDX TIL that as much as 10% of people that are of Northern European decent are immune to HIV.
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