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TIL three people are confirmed to have been cured of HIV and another three similar cases have been reported, but it is too early to say if HIV has been completely cleared in these cases.

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aw9Ab TIL that Eddie Van Halen's famous red/white/black guitar is called the "Frankenstrat" because Van Halen replaced the bridge, neck, pickups, controls and gave it a custom paint job. It was a (successful) attempt to combine the sound of a classic Gibson guitar with the physical attributes of a Fender
bVOQ TIL that a study performed by the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at Clemson University found that three to six instances of double-dipping “would transfer about 10,000 bacteria from the eater’s mouth to the remaining dip.” The study concluded that double-dipping should be curtailed.
jNvOn TIL the term "incel" was invented by a female college student in Canada as part of an online forum for an "inclusive community" for people of all genders who were sexually deprived due to social awkwardness, marginalization, or mental illness, before being co-opted by misogynists
DpmD TIL GlaxoSmithKline knew that the anti-depressant drug paroxetine didn’t work in adolescents and increased their risk of suicide, yet didn’t divulge the information as “it would be commercially unacceptable to include a statement that efficacy had not been demonstrated.”
xx97 TIL 500,000 baseball bats were sold in Russia last year. Only one pair of batting gloves were purchased.