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TIL that famed Sci-Fi author Isaac Asimov died of AIDS contracted during a blood transfusion.

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40Do TIL that the copyright battle between the owners of Hello Kitty and Miffy ended after the Japanese Tsunami, when they agreed to immediately settle the case and donate their anticipated legal fees to the Tsunami Relief Effort.
R59V1 TIL about Terry Davis, a schizophrenic engineer who was"told by God" to create an operating system, resulting in TempleOS. And then there was that incident with alien artifacts on his X-ray.
ZyGo TIL that there’s a Death Metal band with a parrot as their front"man". They’re called “Hatebeak”.
Y7K1r TIL of PP-VJX, aka "the Cuban Express" — the Boeing 707 hijacked three times in four months; in all of them it was diverted to Cuba
b6E5Z TIL snails and slugs shoot arrow-like "love darts" during mating, often impaling each other.