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Today I learned that the lead singer of The Offspring is a doctor fighting to cure HIV

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4XJJo TIL A study conducted on basketball matches looked at the effect of abusive spectators on the performance of players; it noted that when the crowd was being anti-social and abusive, the home team made far more violations than the visiting team.

M7Ol7 TIL about Pope Joan, a woman who became pope during the Middle ages by disguising herself as a man. The legend was believed to be true until 17th century.

W7ygA TIL the 1993 Chinese film, "An Old Man and his Dog" was banned in its native country for decades due to the discovery that the dog trainer and body double to the lead actor was a serial killer who fed his victims to dogs, including the ones onscreen.

Agvw TIL in 1914 the British made their first gas attack by releasing 140 tons of chlorine gas and hoping the wind would blow it into German trenches. However, a sudden shift wind direction blew it into their own trenches injuring almost 2000 British soldiers.

lorJN TIL about Minnie Lou Crosthwaite, the first Black woman to pass the teacher exam in Nashville's segregated school system. She was also an important early figure in the foundation of the YWCA, and raised funds for needy soldiers during WWI.