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TIL George W. Bush initiated an emergency response to the AIDS epidemic in Southern Africa which saved at least 1.1 millions lives and reduced death rates by up to 10%

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oBAX8 TIL that despite the popularity of the legend of King Arthur, no English monarch from 1066 onwards ever took the name after coronation
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