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

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OogO7 TIL there is an island in Ethiopia where Christian Ethiopians claim to have kept the Ark of Covenant for thousands of years. It is watched over by a single man with no name known as the "Guardian" and no woman are allowed on the island for fear of "stirring the passions" of the virgins on the island
ZpxBa TIL that the founder of Rolex had no children. Today all of Rolex's excess profits go to charity
GDmQ TIL more than a dozen men have stood on the surface of the moon, but only three have been to Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench, the deepest known spot in the ocean.
e0vm4 TIL that the Guinness Book of World Record for longest marriage is 86 years
NPk6 TIL Home Alone was no.1 at the box office for 12 straight weeks and its theater run lasted from Nov 1990 until the summer of 1991, where it was still making appearances in the top 10 in box office draw.