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TIL The CDC attributes the high rates of AIDS in Black communities to the DownLow lifestyle of gay black men that reject the Gay & LGBT as being white concepts. Non-Disclosure of male sex is a key factor in HIV transmission to black women; black men are less likely to know their infection status.

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ADmOo TIL the fastest boat ever hit 318 mph, setting the water-born vehicle speed record in 1978.
R7moQ TIL during the American Civil War the Union troops came up with their own version of Dixieland called Union Dixie telling the story of how they felt about their southern counterparts.
OxD1 TIL OJ Simpson’s Player of the Year trophy was bought by a man who melted it down to make pins for people who donated to battered women’s shelters.
J5el TIL Alice Cooper has credited golf with playing a major role in helping him overcome his alcohol addiction. He has even gone so far as to say that when he took up golf, it was a case of replacing one addiction with another. He now plays six rounds a week with a 2 handicap.
Y8l7 TIL February 2014, Al-Qaeda cut ties with ISIS, noting their brutality and disregard for civilian life as reasons why