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TIL 20 years ago a woman bought a Boeing 727 for $2,000. Four months and $28,000 later, she turned the 727 into her home.

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RJ4a TIL when scientists first realized that American gay men and Africans in France were both suffering from the same disease (AIDS), French researchers sent over a sample to be tested. But a scientist with a grudge against the French institute switched out the sample, setting research back years.
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