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TIL pearlfish like to reside in sea cucumber anuses

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01xM TIL Brazil went against pharmaceutical giants to become a model on HIV prevention and the United States was the only abstention in a UN meeting that declared HIV drugs to be a human right.
8aMZP TIL that the "drink 8 glasses of water a day" is based on a 1945 recommendation that had no medical basis. The current recommendation is "drink when you are thirsty, unless you are outside on a hot day or are elderly- then drink a bit more."
v109x TIL that Hattie McDaniel, the first black woman to win an Oscar (and whose birthday is today), was forced to sit separated from her white co-stars at the 1940 Academy Awards
Meo9A TIL Loraine Allison was the only child from first class to die on the Titanic. She had remained with her parents on the ship looking for her baby brother who had unknown to them already safely left in a lifeboat with his nanny.
P1arw TIL the French and Spanish have a 600yr old peace treaty requiring payment of 3 cows each year