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TIL that nearly 25% of the world's population is Muslim

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WkwGo TIL that Isaac Asimov died of AIDS complications and his family covered up the cause of death for 10 years. He had contracted AIDS from a transfusion during heart surgery in 1977
AMNB TIL that in 1954 the economist Armen Alchian was able to figure out what the secret fuel was for the newly developed hydrogen bomb just by looking at the share prices of chemical suppliers on the stock market
vRVr TIL That Hartlepool F.C. have a monkey as their mascot after the town supposedly mistook one for a french spy and hung it
1re8 TIL in 1968, two boys playing in a deserted and rat-infested tenement found the body of a 31yo drug addict, surrounded by religious pamphlets and empty beer bottles. Not until 19 months later was the body identified as that of child actor Bobby Driscoll, Academy Award winner and voice of Peter Pan
nWwa7 TIL that axolotls, a salamander native to Mexico, can regenerate entire limbs, spinal cords, and even parts of their brains without scarring.