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TIL a small subset of people have a genetic mutation that makes them resistant to HIV/AIDS.

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QPV9 TIL the term “Carjacking” originated in Detroit, MI
R5Ny7 TIL of Cottonclads, a class of lightly armed Confederate river ships armored with cotton bales. They used sharpshooters and rams as their main weapons, dropping the gangplanks down to board Union ships. They were used effectively at the Battle of Galveston, capturing the Harriet Lane.
No0E TIL After a bank tried to foreclose on a man who never took out a mortgage, the man sued, won, and foreclosed on the bank after not being paid
yVl0M TIL about the Sinus Milieus system, a segmentation model developed in Germany that sorts people into distinct lifestyle groups based on psychographic characteristics
XEpmD TIL The tenant of a Paris flat was evicted and ordered to pay her landlord the entirety of her €47,000 short-term rental earnings for illegally subletting the property on Airbnb