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TIL: descendants of survivors of the Bubonic plague may be immune to the HIV virus.

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lo9aG TIL that Mother Teresa secretly confided in friends frequently about her lack of belief in God
yVVDM TIL that Elvis actually was supposed to be born with a twin who died at stillbirth. This then contributed to why his mom was so overprotective of him growing up. Long live the King.
8arOX TIL Some flying insects have an organs called halteres that function like vibrating structure gyroscopes
YwkA TIL you’re not allowed to swear if playing in Wimbledon. As such, line judges have to learn curse words in every language.
5Yl98 TIL in 1901, the Wright brothers built their own wind tunnel out of wood, old hacksaw blades and bicycle spokes; using it to test more than 200 wing shapes hand made from pieces of sheet steel and wax. The data it generated was critical to their first powered flight two years later.