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TIL some of the crew from the Challenger survived the explosion and turned on their emergency breathing packs

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P1Vae TIL of the HIV/AIDS Pandemic, the third most lethal in human history with 44 million lives claimed as of 2025. Though the disease is manageable with modern medicine and treated infected people have normal life expectancies, the late 20th century life expectancy after the diagnosis was just 18 months
dD0dB TIL that in 2014 an 8 year old girl found her entire family dead after they were poisoned by gas from rotting potatoes
1JZO TIl Dave Thomas (creator of Wendy’s) once worked for Colonel Sanders (creator of KFC) and gave him the advice to: create signature KFc bucket, reduce number of items in menu, focus on a signature dish and have Colonel Sanders appear in adverts
AN8w TIL ancient Greek and Roman statues were painted in bright colours that have worn away leaving the white we see today.
ADK9w TIL The Mexican Communist Party was founded by MN Roy, who was an Indian.