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TIL Bayer knowingly sold HIV contaminated products to Latin America and Asia in 1984.

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0wr1L TIL: Burst fire firearms were introduced to the US Army as a means to conserve ammo. During the Vietnam War (less well trained) soldiers would commonly hold down the trigger until they ran out of ammo.
6EexY TIL Global Positioning System (GPS) is owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Air Force. The US makes it freely accessible to anyone with a GPS receiver but can selectively deny access to the system.
oRmRW TIL that female patients have a higher mortality/complication rate when operated on by a male surgeon.
MeW TIL because humor comes from seeing things from a novel angle and self-deception reduces such angles, self-deceivers have a poorer sense of humor.
gM86A TIL Buddy Holly & The Crickets were the first white band to play at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, being mistaken for the R&B group The Crickets. Booked for six nights, the crowd began at first to boo, but by the third night the band had won the them over.