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

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neQKP TIL The Tidewater Pipeline was the World's first oil pipeline built in Pennsylvania and still exists today and is used for fiber optic cables.
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p8vW8 TIL in the lead up to Midway, the US suspected that a Japanese target called "AF" is Midway. To test this, US Pacific Command instructed Midway to give a signal indicating that they're out of water. The Japanese, immediately signalled that "AF is out of water".