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TIL a very small proportion of people have two copies of a mutant form of the CCR5 gene, which makes them greatly resistant to acquiring HIV / AIDS.

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EyKW TIL in 2013, ex-Canadian Minister of National Defense Paul Hellyer claimed that “at least four species” of alien have been visiting Earth for “thousands of years”, and that “there are live ETs on Earth at this present time, and at least two of them are working with the United States government”.
GXEG TIL That the Sony Vaio Logo represents the integration between Analogue and Digital Technology. the VA being an Analogue Wave, and the IO representing Binary
0EvL TIL that in 2007 a White couple was tortured/raped and murdered by a group of 5 Black Men. Media critics complained that the story was ignored by the national media because the victims were white and all five of the suspects were black.
YpJgr TIL about the Battle of Saragarhi where 21 Sikh Soldiers of the British Army fought against 10,000 Afghan Tribesmen. It is considered to be one of the greatest last stands in human history.
eyZb TIL the United States is second behind China in the consumption of illegal animal products like ivory, rhinoceros horn and tiger blood