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TIL that the AIDS epidemic in Atlanta, GA is as bad as a third world country

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P1lkV TIL of Aaron Mitchell, a man who tried to kill himself by running into a large fire at Burning Man in 2017. He was pulled from the fire and died several days later.
bD6p TIL that in 2006, the BBC accidentally filmed a live TV interview with a job applicant due to a waiting room mix-up.
8JnK TIL Wealthy Chinese Sometimes Hire Body Doubles To Serve Prison Sentences
R7wpQ TIL, the reason why US has quarters instead of some coin acting as fifths of the US Dollar is because the US currency was based off the Spanish Dollar which had 8 reals per peso, "pieces of eight".
WBKd TIL Fujitsu’s FACOM 128B(manufactured 1959), a computer that is the world’s oldest still in use.