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TIL London's "Continuum Magazine," which for years promoted the idea that HIV was a social construct created to stigmatize gays, shut down after all its editors died of AIDS.

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JVE8 TIL that Rob Knox, known as Marcus Belby in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, was stabbed to death in 2008 at age 18 in South London after defending his younger brother from two men, one of which was armed with two knives.
Bemx TIL: The richest 62 people in the world, have more money than the poorest 50% of the global population (3.562 billion people), combined.
0wBWN TIL "Scientists estimate that there are at least six billion planets that are similar to our Earth, present within our Milky Way galaxy alone. Some estimate that there are more than 10 billion."
awXRJ TIL of the Orangutan Opening, a chess opening so named because the grandmaster Tartakower "consulted" an orangutan at a zoo the day before a tournament game, who "somehow indicated, Tartakower insisted, that he should open with b4".
AvrB TIL Hawaiian singer Israel Kamakawiwo'ole’s 1993 album Facing Future is the best-selling album of all time by a Hawaiian artist. His version of Over the Rainbow has been licensed for many films, TV shows, and commercials. The album reached platinum status in 2005.