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TIL President Reagan’s Surgeon General outraged fellow conservatives with his AIDS report, which called for sex ed to start in 3rd grade and explained in plain language how HIV can/not be spread. The deeply religious Presbyterian refused to alter the report or make it more morally judgmental.

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vPYNx TIL that the technology for cleaner, healthier gas stoves has been around for decades. But appliance makers aren’t offering them because they don’t have the signature “blue flame”.
MeOV TIL that despite occasionally smoking in movies Clint Eastwood is a lifetime non-smoker
8LgL TIL that the abbreviations i.e., and e.g., have two very different meanings and are in no way synonymous.
kVEW TIL Hindus, Jains, and Sikhs celebrate an ancient festival known as Diwali (or Deepavali) on October 22 and 23. The festival celebrates “the victory of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, good over evil, and hope over despair. ”
5VJLp TIL that approximately 99,9% of all species that have ever lived have gone extinct.