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TIL There exists a mathematical concept of “negative zero”

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VMYJ0 TIL of Magic the Miniature Therapy horse, who routinely visited hospital patients needing comfort. She visited one patient who had not spoken for three years; Upon seeing the horse, she said ‘Isn’t she beautiful?’ It caused the staff to break out in tears
KOeD6 TIL: One Hollywood movie studio complex was used only by the US military for making secret films --mostly editing footage of nuclear weapons tests. The activities of the so-called "Lookout Mountain Air Force Station" ended in 1969, but remained largely unknown to the public until the 1990s.
aw79 TIL According to researchers at Newcastle University, a bacon sandwich can cure a hangover
nPLP TIL Weird Al Yankovic is not legally required to get permission to parody other artists songs, but he does so anyway.
VBKkD TIL at a minimum an estimated 11% of Adults aged 15 to 49 in South Africa have HIV/AIDS, with a high estimation of 23%.. approx. one in ten, to one in five people; respectively.