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TIL that in the 80s, three brothers from Florida got HIV from medicine made to help cope with their haemophilia. After first being disallowed to go to school, a federal court ruled they were allowed to attend. A week after the verdict, their house was burned down by an arsonist.

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Meljb TIL in 2014 and 2019 an environmental group, the Center for Biological Diversity, wanted to introduce grizzly bears into Arizona, including Grand Canyon. The reintroduction of grizzly bears to the greater Southwest would’ve helped control prey population and sustain the health of deer and elk herds.
b6rW9 TIL that Franc Roddam, director of 1979 The Who's 'Quadrophenia' and creator of British show 'Auf Wiedersehen, Pet' is the creator of 'MasterChef'. Roddam had the idea for the show after Mel Brooks mocked British food during a production meeting in the 80s.
W7dG4 TIL How degrading Soil affects Nutrition, Mental Health, and Ecosystems | neurologists and microbiome scientists are clearly indicating that in another 15 years, human "software" will start collapsing due to large no. of extinction of species.
gMkd8 TIL that Kailash Temple,the 8th Century Hindu Megalith was hand-chiseled from top to bottom out of a single huge stone of granite while Aurangzeb, the Mughal ruler who sought to destroy it couldn't even accomplish it in 3 years with a 1000 men and he describes the stone as "too hard to be broken".
jNKxX TIL: During the filming of The Rocky Horror Picture Show the crew held an easter egg hunt on set. Some of the eggs that weren't found can actually be seen in the film. This is suggested as the origin of the term.