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TIL Video game players decode HIV gene in 3 weeks that researchers were looking for in 15 years!

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ljPN TIL that Eminem was sued by his own mother for $10 million because he made offensive remarks about her in his songs, but she was only awarded $1,600.
0dGK5 TIL about the Bachop brothers, siblings who played rugby together for the New Zealand All Blacks but also against each other for two different nations: Samoa and Japan.
Rj0w TIL That 3D cameras aren’t a modern thing but have been around since the 1800’s and there are loads of 3D WW1 photos.
wL4LY TIL that Metallica became the first band to play a concert on all seven continents. They played for 120 scientists and a number of competition winners at Carlini Station in 2013.
AP7x TIL Kurt Cobain accidentally spat on Elton John’s piano at the 1992 VMA’s thinking it belonged to Axl Rose