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TIL how the Mafia once controlled many gay bars in New York and Chicago, and its influence extended well into the 1980s.

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7rZZ TIL that the crystal structure of an AIDS virus had been discovered in ten days using an online video game called Foldit. This is something that had stumped scientists for over 15 years.
VJoQ TIL Sandia Labs engineers created a ‘self-guided’ bullet that directs itself like a tiny guided missile and can hit a target more than a mile away.
PYY7J TIL that “Charles Entertainment Cheese” is Chuck E. Cheese’s full name.
rNdEe TIL that the most popular English song in the world is "Happy Birthday to You", according to The Guinness Book.
dDAx7 TIL The famous "rods from god" concept of a space-based weapons system of orbiting tungsten rods was developed by science fiction writer Jerry Pournelle.