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TIL there are so many Thai restaurants in the USA because the Thai government paid for them.

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9YZbr TIL in 1983, the American Association of Blood Banks was told by the CDC that their blood supply was infecting people with the AIDs virus, but they refused to screen the supply due to cost concerns.
W7M8o TIL that at any given second there is a body-wide war being fought amongst germs in your body.
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