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TIL Isaac Asimov died from HIV contracted from a blood transfusion

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x6LBk TIL that a town in Florida got the nickname “Nub City” in the 50s and 60s because the residents learned they could get insurance money by amputating their own limbs.
ValB TIL just the stress of being poor is enough to lower someone’s intelligence from average to borderline mentally deficient and reduce their IQ score by 14 points on average.
kOPjB TIL The total amount of gold mined in human history is approx 166,500 tonnes. If it was all melted it would fit in an Olympic size pool.
J1mN8 TIL that algae are not plants and are protists (eukaryotes that are not plants, fungi or animals)
l7YA5 TIL researchers at the University of Georgia have built a device named the "Wasp Hound", which contains a parasitic wasp species trained to recognize various odors like explosives or drugs. The wasps are tracked by a computer which triggers an alarm when enough wasps seemingly focus in on a scent.