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TIL the TV series Captain Planet was the first children’s show to deal with HIV-AIDS. The episode involved a villain brainwashed a community, making them think HIV could pass on just by casual contact, making the entire town hate a young man infected by HIV, voiced by Neil Patrick Harris.

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GA1xj TIL Napoleon's invasion of Syria was stopped by the defensive work of Antoine Le Picard de Phélippeaux, a former classmate of Napoleon. Phélippeaux was a royalist working on behalf of British/Ottomans at Acre where he rebuilt the defenses. Napoleon failed to seize Acre and gave up the campaign.
DKWD TIL that in 2010 the DOD purchased and destroyed every first edition copy of Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffers book “Operation Dark Heart” (at a tax payer cost of $47,000), which claimed the Defense Intelligence Agency failed to evaluate intelligence on the 9/11 hijackers, allowing the attacks to occur.
exZJ TIL That when you call the number 1 (334) 844-4244, it calls Auburn University, and they will try to answer every single question you could ever ask.
OoXvX Today i learned about the great teacher and philosopher of India. Due to his leadership Alexander the great was defeated badly many time's . He was a noble teacher.
LQ5Nv TIL in the 1970s, musician Gordon Sumner of Wallsend, England, had a habit of wearing a black and yellow jumper with hooped stripes when playing with a jazz band in northern England. The bandleader thought it made him look like a bee or a wasp, prompting the nickname "Sting".