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TIL Jenny doesn’t die from AIDS in Forrest Gump (1994) as commonly believed. The author of the book made it clear that Jenny dies of Hepatitis C.

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rN464 Today I learned under Mansa Musa of the Malian Empire, military heroes were granted trousers as a sign of prestige. The greater the hero, the bigger the pants.
ZlDG TIL Jan 1st 1953 a woman changed her name to Peace Pilgrim “to remain a wanderer until mankind has learned the way of peace”. She’d walk until given shelter, fast until given food, without asking, it was given. She died in a car crash in July 1981 from a lift to a speaking engagement
e0g06 TIL that of all the mammal species on Earth, one quarter of them are bats. Bats are also the only mammals that can fly.
l7PVA TIL that water tasters were people who tasted a patient's urine in order to help diagnose diabetes, the term mellitus (honey) was added because of the urine's sweet flavor.
0wPL TIL a man who lived 2000 years ago was said to be the Son of God by his followers, performed miracles, and was executed by Roman authority….and it wasn’t Jesus