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TIL Bayer sold a medicine tainted with HIV. Once it was discovered in the US, they continued to sell it overseas for over a year in order to clear stock.

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78dYb TIL - After the American Civil War, up to 20,000 Southerners emigrated to Brazil. Their descendants are called Confederados, and they still hold festivals with Confederate flags and Southern food. They openly embrace their American ancestry still.
jEXM TIL that the ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot
Brmxr TIL Kira Roessler (bass player for punk band Black Flag) is an Emmy-winning dialogue/ADR editor (Game of Thrones, John Adams).
gKGb TIL Elvis Presley’s daughter has been married to both Michael Jackson and Nicholas Cage
xVebw TIL "Motivated Reasoning" is why you can't change someone's mind on the Internet. Techniques include identity-protective cognition (being dismissive of uncomfortable ideas) biased assimilation (only remembering supporting ideas) and biased information search (staying in a bubble).