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TIL The first confirmed Case of AIDS in the US was a 15 year old Missouri boy…in 1969!

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X0XpX TIL about Boontling, a hyper-localized jargon/lingo. Originating solely in the small Northern California community of Boonville during the 1890's, the argot (secret slang) has less than 100 speakers today.
xVX47 TIL that during Hiroshima, the Gingko trees that were growing 1 to 2 km from the explosion of the atomic bomb survived the blast and quickly became healthy again. Those trees were some of the few living things that survived and are still alive today.
xEJ0 TIL that 95% of modern Thoroughbred racehorses are paternally descended from one horse, Darley Arabian
YGlv TIL Dubai uses falcons to keep their city free of pigeons and their messes.
X07pk TIL Beyond Good and Evil 2 has broken the record for longest game development time, at almost 16 years