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TIL: HIV disproportionally affects women.

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b6XnN TIL The Governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island, James Douglas, invited the Black community of San Francisco to settle there in 1858 and give them equal rights after they become British subjects
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EgVEw TIL that after the collapse of the Old Egyptian Kingdom, regional warlords (Nomarchs) sprang up as the bloated royal government went bankrupt. The end of the Old Kingdom allowed Nomarchs to control their own resources, significantly increasing the quality of life across Egypt. (2686-2181 BCE)
xYm7 TIL the Danish’s “Dannebrog” or ‘Danish cloth’ is the oldest continuing flag in use since being officially adopted in 1307.
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