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TIL the FDA approved a medication that prevent HIV/AIDS in 2012… that has a 92% success rate.

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4kbg6 TIL that France had colonies in India until 1954, seven years after the British exited the country. French India comprised of five geographically separated enclaves totaling 510 sq km (200 sq mi).
7gXO TIL during World War II, prisoners of war in Canada were treated so nicely that they didn’t want to leave Canada when released.
Y1Jx TIL if you made a magnifying glass hologram you could actually use it as a a magnifying glass, too.
MelN7 TIL - the average body temperature of a “healthy” human has actually dropped from 98.6 degrees to 97.5 degrees over the past 150 years
KY8D9 TIL that hippos make their own sunscreen.