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TIL 14.5% of Gaborone, Botswana’s capital, believes HIV is spread through witchcraft

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VBLWk TIL Brighamia insignis, a species of Hawaiian lobelioid now requires hand pollination to reproduce because the only pollinator, a type of hawk moth, went extinct
bkJN TIL that “Ötzi the Iceman” has 19 living relatives in Europe today.
Oo6n7 TIL that Dolph Lundgren has a master's degree in chemical engineering and had a Fulbright scholarship to MIT in 1983. He left MIT when actress Grace Jones, whom he was having a relationship with, convinced him to move to NYC and take up acting.
na7d TIL that kid rock has capped ticket prices to his shows at $20 and limited beer prices to $4 max anywhere at any venue he performs.
kDPe TIL the German word, backpfeifengesicht, that roughly translates into meaning “A face that needs to be slapped (or punched).