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TIL that Antarctica is the largest desert in the world

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WA6B TIL Steve Crohn was one of the first studied cases of HIV immunity. His Immunity was due to a mutation in the CCR5 delta-5 receptor of CD4-t*cells, this prevented the virus from “entering” the immune cell. He committed suicide at the age of 66 after most of his friends died from the disease.
nwGW TIL that The Pirate Bay tried buying their own island to make a country with no copyright laws
L5j0 TIL that In 2003, Gary Ridgway admitted he was the Green River Killer, having murdered 49 women in the Seattle area. Ridgway had passed a lie detector test in 1987, while another man - who turned out to be innocent - failed.
RwGw TIL a man once set up a TV station to combat negative stereotypes about Muslims, only to then go ahead and behead his wife.
ljY1 TIL a banana is a berry.