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TIL that as much as 10% of people that are of Northern European decent are immune to HIV.

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Z8O5v TIL that in 2014 Firefighters had to rescue an American exchange student who got stuck inside a giant stone vagina in Germany.
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4keON TIL Tobacco Smoke Enemas (blowing tobacco smoke up the rectum) was a popular way to revive drowning victims in the 1700s
mxgDM TIL that the ball shaped Experimental Geodetic Satellite "AJISAI" (EGS) was launched by Japan in the mid 80s is still functioning today. Originally intended as a test subject for their launch vehicle that could then map exact positions for isolated Japanese islands.
DQv0j TIL the Japanese attacked California in WWII in the Bombardment of Ellwood