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TIL There is a fictitious member of the German parliament. He has his own official bio page, and even a bridge named after him. The hoax has been going since the 1970s

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e0RwD TIL that the first guy to claim that AIDS wasn't caused by HIV (and instead the victims' lifestyles) died of AIDS.
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ZpKpG TIL in 1804, a Haitian force comprised mostly of former slaves went house-to-house torturing and killing most of the remaining European population. Between 3,000 and 5,000 were killed.
GA1B4 TIL that when the doctor diagnoses you with patellofemoral pain syndrome, it just means that your knee hurts and the doctor isn't sure of the cause.
vLVD TIL Grave of the Fireflies is based on the authors own experiences as a child and was written as a personal apology for not being able to save his younger sister Keiko.