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Today I learned that Mini-Me from Austin Powers is inspired by a character from the movie The Island of Dr. Moreau named Majai

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7LXX TIL of Brryan Jackson. He was purposely injected with HIV-tainted blood when he was 11 months old, by his own father. He developed AIDS by the age of 5 and death seemed certain. Today, he is over 20 years old and the virus has been undetectable in his blood for over five years.
QMwe TIL that WWE superstar John Cena has granted over 300 wishes for the Make-A-Wish foundation.
w6aJ TIL there are 29 states in the USA where it is legal to fire someone for being gay
aw9yL TIL that botulism in a dented can of canned black olives killed 18 people in Ohio heralding the emergence of food safety regulation.
N79v6 TIL: Danielle Steele, the best-selling author alive, puts out 6-7 bestsellers a year, has 9 kids and sleeps only 4 hours a day