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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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4RZw TIL that cheap pink White Zinfandel aka “jug wine” was invented by mistake. Instead of dumping it, Sutter Home bottled it, marketed it and it’s been the 3rd top selling wine in the U.S. for more than 30 years, making the owners fabulously wealthy and angering wine snobs.
E1nbV TIL Rosa Parks didn't actually refuse to sit in the back of the bus. She was sitting in the back of the bus but refused to give up her seat in the "colored section" to a white passenger, after the whites-only section was filled.
kO8ME TIL that, because of microfauna that are technically crustaceans, the tap water in NYC - while safe to drink - isn't kosher.
rR5bM TIL the infamous Great Seattle Fire of 1889 also killed 1 million rats, which completely eliminated the town's major rodent problem
67DX TIL that Lake Superior has approximately the same surface area as the state of South Carolina.