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TIL that, early in the AIDS epidemic, an executive of the company that made a popular weight loss drug named 'AYDS' was quoted as saying "The product has been around for 45 years. Let the disease change its name."

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L08V TIL that in the mid-1990s homeless children in Miami developed a vast, elaborate, and consistent mythology that spread by oral tradition throughout the community as a coping mechanism.
0wBdR TIL in the ‘30s Soichi Sakamoto, 6th grade teacher in Maui, developed H.I. interval training for competitive swimming. Soichi had no experience as a swimmer & coach. He used irrigation ditches to train. A number of his pupils medaled in the Olympics, and many of his training methods are used today.
GnGj TIL that Jamal Woolard, the man who played The Notorious B.I.G in the film Notorious, was himself shot at the opening of Notorious.
xYJb TIL that Eli Whitney’s cotton gin is short for “cotton engine”.
Z84eo TIL that George Washington’s ancestral home in England still stands. Which still has the original coat of arms used on the a Medal of Honour and the Washington D.C flag.