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TIL that in the late 1980s, young punk rockers in Cuba, known as “los frikis,” chose to inject themselves with the AIDS virus so they could live in a sanitarium and be free from constant police-state harassment. And today, two survivors still live in the now-abandoned facility.

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MjoV TIL a partnership between US and Chinese space agencies is impossible - the 2011 spending bill made any scientific activity involving NASA and the Chinese illegal.
GA1lG TIL On March 16, 1988, Saddam Hussein carried out a chemical attack on the Kurdish population of Halabja, Iraq. 5000 People Were Killed by a Lethal Combination of Mustard Gas, Sarin, and a VX Nerve Agent.
nQRo TIL Former newspaper editor of The Sun, Kelvin Mackenzie, published a story alleging Elton John had the voiceboxes of his own guard dogs removed. He was proven wrong when a reporter went round to check and the dogs barked at him.
MnWK TIL Instead of Following Hitler’s Orders, the German 12th Army Decided to Evacuate as Many Soldiers and Civilians to Surrender to the West Instead of the East in the Closing Days of WW2
Y7a7G TIL the original title of Hellraiser apparently was going to be "Sadomasochists From Beyond The Grave"