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TIL that the "Nuclear Gandhi" bug in Civilization 1 that made the AI super aggressive was just an urban legend and has been confirmed to not exist in the game.

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4n9a TIL That currently there exists a myth in Pakistan that says HIV can be cured by having sex with a virgin, which is contributing to women and girls being raped
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eAj5 TIL that there is an ancient site in Salem,NH with a stonehenge-esque structure that lines up perfectly with the real Stonehenge in England.
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OGxA6 TIL that in 1900, a physician named Jesse William Lazear wanted to prove that yellow fever was transmitted by mosquitoes. He allowed an infected mosquito to bite him, and he became infected with yellow fever, proving the hypothesis correct. He died 17 days later.