› added 5 years ago

92

TIL that the widespread myth that HIV was created by the USA government was originally spread as a disinformation campaign by the KGB, in an operation called Infektion

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

oB0Kr TIL that Peter Capaldi and Craig Ferguson were in a punk band together
mmPx TIL Sioux nation gave Costner a tract of land after making Dances with Wolves (1990). Costner built a golf course on that land.
OEpL TIL Homosexuality was still classified as an illness in Sweden in 1979. Swedes protested by calling in sick to work, claiming they “felt gay”.
XER6Q TIL there is a group of human mutant who are virtually resistant to HIV infection. They have a mutation called CCR5-Δ32 which make their T-Cells impervious to HIV
raLM TIL: in 1954, a man committed suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge, his suicide note simply read “Absolutely no reason except I have a toothache.”