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TIL that in the 1970s and 1980s more than 4,600 hemophiliacs contracted HIV or hepatitis C after being infected by contaminated blood-clotting products.

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R7Xk7 TIL that Idaho has two time zones split by Northern and Southern Idaho
AD04 TIL Blindfolded people often can’t tell the difference between the smell of Parmesan and vomit.
50En TIL “Stagecoach” Mary Fields, a former slave and the 1st African-American woman mail carrier employed by the US. Had a running bet at any bar for $5 and a glass of whiskey, she could knock out any cowboy with 1 punch. After 3 or 4 cowboys tried to take her up on it, nobody ever tried again.
aQ4A TIL Ernest Hemingway begged his wife not to send him for more electroshock treatments because he lost so much of his memory he couldn’t even remember his own name. He committed suicide the day after his 36th shock treatment.
a87eZ TIL Retention rates among students studying engineering are among the lowest of all majors