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TIL Bayer sold blood meds contaminated with HIV. Their lab misrepresented the results of its own research and sold the contaminated meds in Asia and Latin America. As a consequence, people who used them developed AIDS.

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9RLQ TIL that a 62-foot statue of Jesus built by a megachurch in Ohio was destroyed when it was struck by lightning and caught on fire.
NZOe TIL that the Catholic Church is the largest (non-governmental) provider of healthcare in the world
epBe5 TIL Roman concrete's durability is a result of hot mixing, which creates lime clasts that "self-heal" cracks whenever they are exposed to water.
5YwAP TIL about John Horse & The Black Seminoles. Together they led the largest slave revolt in U.S. history, they created the largest haven in the U.S. South for runaway slaves, and they secured the only emancipation of rebellious slaves prior to the U.S. Civil War.
x7Ek TIL: The United States has “one of the smallest, least prominent warnings” on cigarette packages of any country in the world