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TIL Continuum, a magazine which served as an outlet for AIDS denialism including pseudoscientific “studies”, ended after the editors all died following long bouts with AIDS.

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58yp TIL the movie Ghost Dad starring Bill Cosby was directed by Sidney Poitier. Critically panned and called one of the worst movies of all time, Sidney Poitier never directed again.
yVJe8 TIL during the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, almost 67% of online abuse was found to come from North and Central America, with the main target being USA Players
YE9d TIL the words “faggot” and “Fascist” both come from the Latin word “fascis,” meaning “bundle of wood.”
aD50 TIL that when fire ants are gathered into a group, they act like a fluid
1ovV TIL that Carl Sagan warned that attempting to communicate with intelligent life outside of our solar system would be “deeply unwise and immature” due to the possibility of being annihilated by a hostile alien civilization.