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TIL of the lesbian Blood Sisters, who, starting in San Diego in 1983, gave their own blood and organised blood drives to make up the shortfall after gay men were banned from donating because of the AIDS crisis.

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aJbZ TIL, as of May 2014, the four largest wireless operators in the US will have a “Text-to-911” service intended for people with speech/hearing disability, as well as cases where a voice call might otherwise be dangerous.
Med0A TIL In 2002, Yoko Ono bought John Lennon's childhood home in Liverpool & donated it to the National Trust to save it from further demolition and property speculators, restoring it to its 1950s appearance and opening it up to the public.
40Xo TIL Whale Fossils have been found on top of the Andes mountains
9Y6N7 TIL modern DNA testing exists due to Yellowstone park, as DNA polymerase chain reaction is made possible by a chemical isolated from Yellowstone Park bacteria
9RNQ TIL that Zootopia is the second highest grossing original film of all time.