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TIL HIV can’t be transmitted by mosquitoes because the virus can’t survive in a mosquito

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VE0p TIL that British Airways does not allow adult males to sit next to unaccompanied children.
MokV TIL President Kennedy’s sister was forced to undergo a lobotomy, while conscious under the effect of mild tranquilizers, in an attempt to cure her “rebellious” behavior.
5YO0R TIL in 1976, the team studying a newly-identified virus in Africa didn't want to name it after the village where it was found, so they named it after the closest river they could see on a map, which was the Ebola River.
44Jb TIL Katey Sagal of Sons of Anarchy used to be a backup singer for Bob Dylan and Bette Midler
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