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TIL- Bill Hader got fired from his job working as an usher at a movie theater in Tempe because he "spoiled the ending of Titanic to noisy patrons"

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Bn9r TIL that Ryan White, an HIV/AIDS spokesman in the 80s, was expelled from middle school after contracting HIV from an infected blood transfusion. 117 parents and 50 teachers campaigned for his ban, after being told that the students would catch HIV if they were in the same class as he was.
PYgwG TIL James Doohan(Soctty from Star Trek) killed 2 snipers on Juno Beach on D-Day.
ZpYro TIL of Operation Frankton wherein British Commandos attempted to kayak into German occupied ports during WWII and place limpet mines on ships
VO7B TIL that oxford dictionary inserted a fictitious word “Esquivalience” in order to protect copyright of the publication. The fake entry was included in dictionary.com.
LkWym TIL not only has the world population more than doubled in the past 50 years, it was also below 2 billion just 100 years ago.