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TIL that 16% Lithuanian people are HIV resistant.

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9wAPD TIL that surveillance and assessment mechanisms are often unobtrusively woven into video games, allowing companies to build detailed profiles of the people playing the game. Researchers say the level of privacy intrusion is comparable to dating apps and social media platforms.
vPELB TIL that both High Band 5G Network Frequency and Active Denial Crowd Control Systems use Millimeter Wave Microwave Technology
BkDL TIL that Aldous Huxley was George Orwell’s French teacher
XxOR TIL, Prodigy, a first generation dial-up online service from the 1990s, is still in business and has 92% market share in Mexico.
ZXxo TIL Britney Spears’ music is used by the British Navy to scare off Somali pirates