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TIL African Americans comprise 14% of the US population but account for 44% of all new HIV infections.

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ANAKx TIL In 1906 Andrew Carnegie formed the Simplified Spelling Board to fix spelling in the English language. Teddy Roosevent was ready to impose their recommendations but he and Carnegie disagreed on how to get the public to adopt. So we're still stuck with that "d" and "e" in Wednesday.
v9L TIL Rolex is a lot of hype and became expensive during the 80’s with ‘yuppies’ buying them up. They also are not handmade and are mass produced.
rR8M TIL that luminaries including Noah Webster, Mark Twain, Benjamin Franklin, Andrew Carnegie, and Theodore Roosevelt advocated for simplified spelling, and many of them also supported simplified spellings of words such as though (tho), through (thru), and night (nite).
ne61o TIL what 8D audio is. It's where songs have been edited with special reverb and mixing to make it seem like the audio is moving in a circle around your head.
9wP7G TIL that hundreds of miniature coffins containing frogs have been found in archaeological sites across Finland, primarily under churches and ecclesiastical buildings, believed to be a form of “protective magic”