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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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nW7bo TIL Earth's Magnetic N Pole is moving 60 km Annually, Faster than it has in a Long Time. It used to move about 15 km annually, but it has now moved out of Canada and is headed towards Russia. A pole reversal (N turns into S, and vice versa) is possible, but unlikely at this time.
OGPm6 TIL no one born after 1935 has set foot on the moon.
p8oNe TIL the team that was the basis for the movie Hoosiers (Indiana's Milan HS) beat Oscar Robertson's team on the way to winning the 1954 state title.
l15B TIL we could fit the entire human race in New Zealand if we lived as dense as Manhattan
DX4V TIL Nissan.com is not owned by the car company, but by a single guy named Uzi Nissan. He has been fighting the car company in court since 1999