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TIL a Swiss man replaced his car’s broken heater with a fully functional wood burning stove

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k784 TIL that roughly 1% of the German population is genetically immune to the HIV virus
6ELNX TIL that Eleanor Roosevelt and Amelia Earhart were very close friends. One time, they snuck out of the White House to go to a party together. After flying with Earhart, Roosevelt obtained a student’s permit to fly, though didn't pursue this further since Franklin didn't want his wife to be a pilot.
o0v8 TIL that during the 1990’s Joe Rogan paid $10,000 per month to have a T1 internet connection installed in his house in order to play Quake without dealing with lag
8kkX TIL that 15 girls died in Saudi Arabia after the religious police refused to let them leave their burning building because they were not properly dressed.
JYxPV TIL In May 2010, a trillion-dollar US stock market crash occurred which lasted only 36 minutes before recovering most of the loss. The causes are still debated today.