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TIL there has existed, since 1997, a patent for a supposed cure for AIDS, patent #5676977.

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XBrP TIL only the Queen can eat swans in England.
KYLEw TIL Cyndi Lauper best known for the song "Girls Just Want To Have Fun", was a big part of the success of (WWF at the time) WWE bringing them down the road to a multi-billion dollar origination.
6K0J TIL that Silver Spoons in the Middle Ages acted as passports to determine if someone was a landowner. If you did not own a silver spoon you were recognized as a serf or slave. Hence the phrase “born with a silver spoon.”
4kBPN TIL automobile manufacturer Fiat sent 50,000 anonymous love letters to women in Spain in 1994 as part of a marketing campaign for the Fiat 500. Upon receiving the letters, some women became confused, anxious, scared, and/or wanted someone to escort them to work. Fiat ended up being sued and fined.
6EvW TIL Japanese Brazilians are the largest ethnic Japanese community outside Japan.