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TIL there’s a pill that decreases the risk of contracting HIV by 99%

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mQbp TIL that Nazi Germany’s most successful interrogator never used torture to get information; he instead befriended prisoners. He later helped create mosaic art for Disney.
djLB TIL of Kowloon Walled City – a bygone, ungoverned Chinese city with a population density of over 3 million people per square mile
N88 TIL Medieval Peasants needed 4,000 - 5,000 calories a day much more than modern Americans need at 2,000 calories.
Wjbo TIL McDonald’s was originally “McDonald’s Bar-B-Que” until they realized that its main profit came from hamburgers, then they closed the place for 2 months and changed the food they served to just hamburgers, french fries, shakes, soft drinks, and apple pie, and also made the idea of fast food.
8aJx8 TIL that the often quoted 10:1 ratio of bacterial cells to human cells is actually closer to around 1:1