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TIL that survivors of the Black Death may have passed on a gene mutation that produces resistance to HIV.

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QJGg6 TIL there are wild monkeys in Florida with a herpes virus outbreak that is deadly to humans.
gMWb8 TIL that, during season 4 of The Sopranos, James Gandolfini gave 16 of his co-stars $33,000 each, saying ‘‘Thanks for sticking by me.’’
NQY6 TIL Jamie Oliver took Mc Donalds to court to change the recipe of their meat and won, and have started making healthier meat since then.
5YEMD TIL of Banana Equivalent Dose, an informal measurement of ionizing radiation exposure in comparison to radioactivity dose one is exposed to by eating one average-sized banana.
XEBak TIL that the ankle is the most pleasurable body spot to "scratch".