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TIL that Terry Pratchett was a Skyrim and Oblivion modder

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X0e7R 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.
wVY7 TIL that the surgical masks people wear in Asia aren’t due to fear of infection, but rather as a courtesy to others if they are feeling sick.
Me8Wm TIL in 1959 a group of men transported a piece of iceberg from Norway to west Africa in a truck.
kJdLg TIL the nativity story only appears in the gospels of Matthew and Luke, and both give very different accounts. Luke alone mentions the adoration of the shepherds, while Matthew alone mentions the arrival of the Magi, which leads to the massacre of the innocents.
Vm4 TIL That James Watson, the person who discovered the double-helix model of DNA, In an interview said “ There was a natural desire that all human beings should be equal, but "people who have to deal with black employees find this not true.”