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TIL many Nordic Europeans have an Allele called CCR5 Δ32, which makes them immune to HIV/AIDS

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rRX9W TIL 1977 was the year of the last execution by guillotine --Hamida Djandoub in France
KODvR TIL that during WWII an American plane crashed on a Japanese island (Chi Chi Jima). There were 9 men on board. Eight of them were captured and eaten. The one who was rescued was George H.W. Bush.
D1n4e TIL that nipple rings were a fad in the 1890’s among Victorian women.
mxpKR TIL There are up to 500,000 people of Palestinian descent in Chile
N76gN TIL that Rod Serling wrote one of "The Twilight Zone" episodes as his reaction to JFK assassination. The episode ends with the news broadcast saying that the sky has turned dark over the street in Dallas; as well as North Vietnam, part of the Berlin Wall and "other places of hate around the world".