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TIL that 70 to 80% of hemophiliacs being treated with blood products prior to 1985 became infected with HIV

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Lk7ev TIL that a park ranger on Rinca Island was attacked by a Komodo dragon in his own office after a cleaner had left the door open the night before. The dragon was hiding under his desk when he sat down. The smell of blood attracted more outside. The ranger was taken to the hospital and recovered.
gr769 TIL that in Thailand, if your spouse cheats on you, you can legally sue their lover for damages and can receive up to 5,000,000 THB ($140,000 USD) or more under Section 1523 of the Thai Civil and Commercial Code
EMYd TIL Titanium is the most bio-compatible metal, and new bone tissue will bond with it at the atomic level.
YxYB TIL Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was written during a six-day cocaine high during which he generated sixty thousand words.
b6Dj9 TIL the University of Toledo has a (disarmed) rocket pointed at the 50 yard line of their rival, Bowling Green State University