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TIL: In the early 90s the US interred HIV positive Haitians in "HIV Camps" at Guantanamo, where they lived in deplorable conditions and subject to abuse by the US Military. Cubans held at the camp were preferentially treated better.

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69GGJ TIL Between 1854 and 1929, an estimated 250,000 orphaned, abandoned, or homeless children were transported to rural communities by train across the country in hopes of providing a better life for them. These would become known as the "Orphan Trains".
xVEG0 TIL for millennia Autism and other sudden disabilities was explained by the Changeling folklore. A fairy or demon would steal a normal baby and replace them with their own child in disguise. The Changeling would cry, scream, not display social behavior, or just become completely unresponsive.
6946Z TIL J. Cole, the rapper, graduated high school with a 4.2 GPA! He then accepted a scholarship to St. Johns University. While in college, he served as the president of a pan-African student coalition. And guess what? He graduated magna cum laude with a degree in communication and business!
j6GVj TIL that in the internal data of Pokémon Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow, there is data for Professor Oak as a Pokémon Trainer. His team includes the starter Pokémon that neither the player nor the rival chose, and his Pokémon have higher levels than those of the Champion and the final boss, the rival.
b9GN TIL that the Haskell opera house & Library straddles the border of the US and Canada. The audience sits in the US to watch a show on a stage which is actually in Canada. The front door is in the US and the books are in Canada.