Post * M7pob — Curious Curator

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TIL that a plasma center in Haiti called Hemo Caribbean was responsible for amplifying the early HIV outbreak and its becoming into a global pandemic by its unsterile conditions. Hemo Caribbean at its peak exported 1,600 gallons of plasma to the United States monthly, mostly to hemophiliacs.

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9wpLM TIL about the long-standing Memphis Mayoral Candidate, Prince Mongo, who claims to have been born on the planet Zambodia around 333 years ago

X049r TIL that the colony of Eider Ducks on the Farne Islands in Northumberland, England were the subject of one of the first ever bird protection laws, established by Saint Cuthbert in the year 676.

yQO7X TIL two-thirds of the way between your 31st and 32nd birthdays, you will turn one billion seconds old.

kl17 TIL Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, the man for whom the guillotine was named, was an opponent of the death penalty. His family was so embarrassed to have the guillotine named after them that when the French government refused to rename of the machine, they changed their family name instead.

gjgD TIL Eye-wear is getting too costly because a single company Luxottica controls 80% of the major brands in the $28 billion global eyeglasses industry.