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TIL that the PEPFAR program, started by Pres. Bush, is credited with saving the lives of 17 million people living with HIV

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9YWBQ TIL that magician Harry Houdini took a year off from his performance career during WWI to promote the war effort including teaching soldiers how to get out of handcuffs.
MeDA7 TIL that the ash from coal power plants contains uranium & thorium and carries 100 times more radiation into the surrounding environment than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
XnjX TIL Subway actually accepted the Onion’s fake 9/11 remembrance coupon for two subs for $9.11.
MWBm TIL that in 1979 a group of farmers in China decided to split up their communal land to individual families in secret. They signed a contract and the plan was a massive Success and was a future model for the rest of China.
xVGkw TIL about practice babies. In the early to mid 1900s, orphaned babies were lent out to college home economics programs where they were taken care of entirely by groups of students in order to learn child-rearing skills.