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TIL South Africa’s President testified that he showered after sex with an HIV-positive woman because this would reduce his risk of being infected

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6lGw TIL 11% of americans could not identify the united states on a map in a 2002 survey.
7rZJZ TIL Ian Fleming was a keen bird watcher. When choosing a name for the hero of Casino Royal he used the name of the author of one of his bird books - James Bond. In 1964, Fleming gave Bond a first edition copy of You Only Live Twice signed, "To the real James Bond, from the thief of his identity".
6M57 TIL Buzz Aldrin’s mom’s maiden name was Moon
dGxE TIL that ghost peppers are used in India as a repellant to ward off elephants, preventing them from eating and destroying crops
16pWW TIL that there's a museum in Japan that's dedicated to rocks that look like human faces!