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TIL in the 80s, Bayer knowingly sold drugs infected with HIV, recalling them in the US but continuing to sell them overseas

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X0oxr TIL about the Dymaxion map projection - Earth if it was a D20
wMbP TIL that when Mart Laar became Prime-Minister of Estonia at age 33, the only economics book he had read was Milton Friedman’s “Free to Choose.” He said that it sounded good to him, “so we went ahead and did it.” Estonia now has the lowest debt-to-GDP ratio in the EU.
ADAVn TIL there's an all-Sikh biker club in California that was started after a gunman killed 6 people in a temple. Since its creation in 2012, it has raised thousands of dollars for charity.
yQGX TIL that, if you discount the Bible, there was no record of Jewish enslavement in Egypt
e0ZKk TIL Portugal produces more than 50% of the world's cork supply.