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TIL Johnny Cash was the first American to learn about Joseph Stalin’s death

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R7Ld9 TIL that Isaac Asimov died from complications of HIV. In 1983 got HIV from a blood transfusion during heart surgery. His doctors told him to keep it quiet. 10 Ten years later, after most of Asimov's physicians had died, Asimov's family agreed that the HIV story should be made public.
4k9m6 TIL that some countries accept foreigners into their armed forces.
5V508 TIL of J. L. Hunter "Red" Rountree, who after his wife passed and seemingly with nothing left to live for decided to commit his first bank robbery at the age of 86. Red blamed banks for making him bankrupt and by the time he passed away in 2004 he had robbed 2 more banks.
b60V0 TIL That the Big Mac Index is an informal way of measuring the purchasing power parity between two countries, a theory created by the Economist in 1986
LW4Q TIL there is a modern Australian interpretation of Macbeth where the title character is a high ranking gang member in Melbourne’s underworld who tries to kill his crime boss. The prophetic vision shown to Macbeth by the three witches is depicted as a drug induced trip at a night club.