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TIL An alligator’s immune system can fight HIV.

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OVV6 TIL that the balsamic vinegar in grocery stores is a pale imitation of the real deal: True balsamic vinegar can take over 25 years to make and can cost as much as $400 for a 100 ml bottle
e0WxJ TIL when India had an epidemic,Nipah virus outbreak in 2018, 3 doctors identified and reported it.Authorities immediately got in touch with WHO;2000 people were quarantined,17 people died in total.The outbreak was declared over within 2 months and the state was lauded for preventing a big epidemic.
pOO4 TIL: A british university actually funded a study that tested the theory that given a typewriter and enough time, a group of monkeys would recreate Shakespeare. The monkeys repeatedly deficated/urinated on the typewriter and were unsuccesful in typing more than one letter.
Drjv TIL David Ortiz once finished 3rd in the Boston mayoral race solely through write in votes
GeLE TIL in 1968 a man built an island off the coast of Italy and declared himself the President. He ran a restaurant, a bar, a nightclub, and a post office on the island. The Italian government didn’t like this, seized control of the island, and literally blew it up the next year.