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TIL of Dapper Dan, a Harlem man who was chief tailor to a number of New York rappers, athletes, and dealers in the 80s. His apparel was often covered in bootleg Gucci, Fendi, or Louis Vuitton logos. Mike Tyson, one of his customers, later had a fight which indirectly led to Dan’s boutique closing.

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lodb7 TIL researchers have developed an IVF-like process called IVG (in vitro gametogenesis) - The process uses skin cells to create human egg and sperm cells. It could allow sterile parents to conceive and same sex couples could eventually have children who are biologically related to both parents.
vP4yL TIL that Bayer knowing sold HIV tainted blood products to 3rd world hemophiliacs because they decided the financial investment of the product was considered too high to destroy.
0dpPv TIL The number of ants on Earth has a mass greater than all birds and mammals combined. There are roughly 20 quadrillion ants in the world, around 2.5 million per human.
OoAML TIL that the first jazz performance of "Someday My Prince Will Come" was by the Ghetto Swingers at the Theresienstadt concentration camp in 1943. To avoid causing controversy, the band had to change the program name from "Music by Frank Churchill" to "Music from Disney's Snow White"
PY6GV TIL about gympie-gympie, also known as the Suicide Plant. Covered in silica hairs which act like hypodermic needles upon contact, and filled with neurotoxins, simply brushing up against the plant will leave you in excruciating pain for months to years. No treatment is available.