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TIL scientists have traced the start of AIDS to 1908… Despite most people only becoming aware of it in the 1980’s

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OoDKX TIL that the people on house hunters already bought a house before the show and the rest is staged
wLm01 TIL that Mark Twain wore a signature white suit most of his life but in his autobiography he said “I would like to dress in a loose and flowing costume made all of silks and velvets, resplendent with all the stunning dyes of the rainbow, and so would every sane man I have ever known...”
6By7 TIL in the 1920s and 30s, Procter & Gamble (originally known for soap and candles) sponsored several radio shows, those shows becoming known as “soap operas”
wLmgP TIL That in Brazil when a kid is lost on the beach people start to clap around him so the parents can find him easy
kJr4d TIL there’s a massive Burmese Python invasion underway in the Everglades and they’ve been steadily heading north for years