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TIL the Reagan Administration laughed about the AIDS epidemic during three separate press conferences

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x7wk TIL: The astronomer Guillaume Le Gentil failed to measure the transit of Venus in 1761, waited 8 years in Africa to try again, failed because of bad weather, and then came home to find that his relatives had declared him dead and plundered his estate.
WGkd TIL that Benjamin Franklin had an illegitimate son who remained loyal to the British and fled to London after the war. He stayed there for the rest of his life.
awGbA TIL male menstruation used to be a belief in some cultures where the Schistosoma parasites were endemic.
Me7aA TIL that when you lose 10 kg of fat, 8.4 kg is exhaled as CO2 and 1.6 kg is excreted as water. Most of the weight you lose exits your body through your lungs.
N79gE TIL the movie Jaws (1975) became the first ever summer blockbuster after failing to stick to its schedule. Before this, summer was perceived as a time to enjoy the outdoors when fewer people would go to the cinema.