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TIL that people with HIV have a longer life expectancy than people with Diabetes.

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VlQ8 TIL: A teen offered seven Atari games, three dollar bills, and $2.30 in nickels and dimes to an undercover investigator posing as a hitman to take out a “romantic rival”
R7dg7 TIL Julie Andrews was the lead in the original Broadway production of “My Fair Lady”, but not in the 1964 film due to not being well-known enough; the role eventually went to Audrey Hepburn. Andrews won the 1965 Best Actress Oscar over Hepburn for playing Mary Poppins.
EorX TIL Sugar Ray Robinson tried to back out of his title fight with Jimmy Doyle after having a dream that he killed him in the ring. A priest and minister convinced him not to back out, and Jimmy Doyle died the night of the fight after being knocked out in the eighth round.
9a6B TIL of Thomassons - useless bits of architecture, like stairs that lead nowhere, that unintentionally become ‘art’
ApDg TIL The sun’s core is so hot that a piece of it the size of a pinhead would give off enough heat to kill a person 160 kilometres (99 miles) away