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TIL that Thabo Mbeki (former President of South Africa) refused to believe that HIV infection cause AIDS despite well-established scientific consensus. His denial resulted in 365,000 people, who could have been saved otherwise, dying prematurely.

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ADvNd TIL of Pierre-Simon Laplace, often referred to as the French Newton, he is credited with translating the geometric study of classical mechanics to one based on calculus. Laplace was one of the first scientists to propose the existence of black holes and the theory of gravitational collapse.
VBRvm TIL in 1977 a famous Italian Footballer attempted to prank a friend, who owned a jewelry shop, by pretending to be a robber, he was shot dead on the spot.
mJ6O TIL two Muslim men were kicked off a flight because of their traditional attire. They were heading to a conference on Islamaphobia.
KOJrE TIL that most symbols we use in mathematics can be neatly categorized into the following categories: constants, variables, delimiters, operators, relational symbols and notational symbols
rRrZo TIL Slash, Lenny Kravitz and Nicolas Cage were classmates in High School.