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TIL Tom Fogerty, rhythm guitarist of Creedence Clearwater Revival and brother of John Fogerty, contracted HIV from an unscreened blood transfusion following back surgery in the 1980s and died of HIV complicated TB in 1990

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N7GjP TIL the longest living vertebrate species is the Greenland Shark, reaching sexual maturity at 150 years old. The oldest known individual of the species is almost certainly older than the United States.
jAWn TIL that the most severe capital punishment in Ancient China was the “Nine familial exterminations”, which involved executing the offender, his parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren, siblings, siblings-in-law, uncles, and uncles’ spouses.
nGGB TIL Pope Francis was, at one point, a nightclub bouncer.
DQYEY TIL that there are no known creature on earth with an odd number of legs used for locomotion except kangaroo.
Pdme TIL: When adjusting for inflation, John D Rockefeller is the richest man in history with a net worth of 10 times that of Bill Gates.