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TIL that the most accepted theory on how AIDS was first transmitted to humans is that a Bantu hunter, while processing a newly killed, and infected, chimpanzee, got cut himself and got the animal’s blood into his body.

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DQvyj TIL of Brent Hershman, a second-assistant cameraman on the 1997 movie “Pleasantville” - who died in a car accident after working 19 hours on the film’s set. His death sparked industry-wide demands for shorter workdays and inspired a 2006 documentary by filmmaker Haskell Wexler.
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Bg6mr TIL that a sonic boom doesnt occur only after an object breaks the sound barrier, but is produced continously as the object travels at supersonic speeds
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