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TIL that Bill Gates was ever accused of being a member of Chinese Communist Party. Misinformation kills.

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R7PRQ TIL Australia's flora is so advanced that it doesn't kill you but can get you to kill yourself
8amrb TIL a male baboon in Australia being transported from a research facility to get a vasectomy escaped with 2 female baboons when their cage broke. The trio was captured after 2 hrs of freedom & the vasectomy was postponed. The females reportedly had been brought along to reduce the male's stress.
1mJd TIL That George Orwell’s 1984 was banned and burned in the U.S.S.R. under Stalin’s rule for being anti-communism. Meanwhile in the USA, in 1981, it was challenged in Jackson County, Florida for being pro-communism.
orxK TIL in the 1930s, penicillin was so precious that it was re-extracted from the urine of patients to conserve every last bit of it.
Z8xwD TIL archeologists discovered a hidden message on a 2,600 year old piece of pottery. The message was written in ancient Hebrew and it says "If there is any wine, send it."