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TIL that at the 1996 Apple World Wide Developer Conference, attendees were given Linux CDs by Apple

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VMva0 TIL that in India an estimated 1.2 million people have died of snake bites since 2000.
b9kQ0 TIL that in 1973 the Irish Republican Army (IRA) hijacked a helicopter, flew to Mountjoy Prison in Dublin, landed in the exercise yard and helped three volunteers escape. It was dubbed 'the escape of the century' and made headlines around the world
LQX19 TIL the Olympics once included a competition for art works inspired by sports in categories including architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture.
GYMGG TIL that a toxin in bee venom called melittin may prevent HIV. Melittin can kill HIV by poking holes into the virus's protective envelope. Bee stings may also ease pain caused by rheumatoid arthritis. Scientists found that molecules in bee venom increase your body's level of glucocorticoid, an anti-
P1aAn TIL that the religious group known as the Shakers are completely celibate and cannot have children, so they can only gain new members by converting outsiders. As a result, there were only two people in the last existing Shaker community as of 2020, although they gained a single new member in 2021.