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TIL that 2010 and 2015, Russia accounted for more than 80% of the new HIV infections in the entire Eastern European and the Central Asian region.

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VBonp TIL That when pet rats are happy, they will boggle, which is when their eyes pop out of their head while their teeth chatters
VBNA8 TIL the world's second-largest Hindu temple is in New Jersey
P14jg TIL there is a microbe, Mixotricha paradoxa ("paradoxical being with mixed-up hairs"), that has both cilia and flagella which protists are supposed to only have one of
neoEr TIL President Ronald Reagan saw the Soviet cult film “Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears” at least eight times in preparation for his meeting with Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985, to try and understand the mysterious Russian soul.
5VJnp TIL famed B-Movie director and cross-dresser Ed Wood served with the US Marines during WWII. He later said he feared being wounded more than killed as a combat medic would then discover him wearing a pink bra and panties under his uniform during the Battle of Tarawa.