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TIL That the Pacific island nation of Kiribati is expected to be submerged within the next generation

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8axv4 TIL of prominent Mafia Capo and hitman Gergory Scarpa. He contracted of AIDS after receiving a blood transfusion from his close friends and family. He refused the blood from the hospital blood bank because he feared that the blood might have come from blacks. The AIDS claimed his life 2 years later.
KYNNG TIL about competitive hot air ballooning, where pilots are tested on distance, speed, and navigation with multiple tasks. Competitions occur at national, regional, international, and world levels, with World Championships every two years.
5VKLk TIL Portuguese Jesuit missionaries João Cabral and Estêvão Cacella became the first Westerners to visit Bhutan and Nepal in 1627
OGLGX TIL that lower testosterone has been scientifically proven to be associated with leftist beliefs
pP5Q TIL that Henry Kissinger said, “Military Men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in Foreign Policy” and has not denied this quote to this day.