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TIL of prominent Mafia Capo and hitman Gergory Scarpa. He contracted of AIDS after receiving a blood transfusion from his close friends and family. He refused the blood from the hospital blood bank because he feared that the blood might have come from blacks. The AIDS claimed his life 2 years later.

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b9NGp TIL of Mike, a cat who guarded the gates of the British Museum. He spent 20 years on the job, gaining notoriety for his disliking of females and dogs, and only allowing certain people to feed him. Even after retiring he occasionally chased off dogs, who reportedly "fled in terror" when he attacked.
njjW TIL it has been 40 years to the day since a human being has walked on the Moon, the last time being on December 13, 1972 during the Apollo 17 mission.
g4ED TIL the lead singer of Smash Mouth started a cancer research fund after his son died of acute lymphatic leukemia.
y9GV TIL a Michigan doctor was sentenced to 45 years in prison for giving chemotherapy to patients who didn’t actually have cancer.
W7XvA TIL about French geologist Michel Siffre, who in a 1962 experiment spent 2 months in a cave without any references to the passing time. He eventually settled on a 25 hour day and thought it was a month earlier than the date he finally emerged from the cave