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TIL Bush’s African Aids program spends 2/3 of the money on abstinence only programs, will only give condoms to “high risk” groups, won’t support clean needles and while saving lives it could have saved millions more.

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VMV4D TIL The Czech Republic now goes by Czechia
5V1R TIL that when writing “Paradise City,” the band had to vote on the second line because Slash wanted “Where the girls are fat and they’ve got big titties.”
yQo4v TIL no one really knew who designed the "solo jazz cup" blue and purple design that had become famous on the internet until an AMA request for the designer led to an investigative reporter in Springfield, MO discovering it was created by Gina Ekiss in 1989 as part of a design contest by the company.
OobbL TIL Psychologist B.F. Skinner tried to train pigeons to serve as guides for bombing runs in WWII. After canceling the project, he successfully taught the pigeons to play ping pong instead.
5VO49 TIL of congressman James Trafica, who was convicted on ten felony charges including "forcing his congressional staff to perform chores at his farm in Ohio"