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TIL before becoming the guitarist for the band Tool, Adam Jones worked on movies like Jurassic Park, Terminator 2, and more.

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VM05Z TIL about the man that infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan back in 1978-1979, Ron Stallworth. Stallworth orchestrated an entire investigation into the Colorado Springs chapter and prevented 3 cross burnings during his time undercover
gM514 TIL in Renaissance Italy courtesans were known as cortigiana or "courtier". These women were well-educated more so than women of nobility & simultaneously artists, dancers & singers. These women were often treated as equals to women of nobility.
vPKm7 TIL that Ethiopia was one of the world's strongest empires during the 3rd century CE, being labeled as one of the 4 Great Powers of the time alongside Persia, Rome, and China. Ethiopia was also one of the first countries to convert to Christianity
xVBwD Today I learned scientists have been able to track the history of the AIDS virus. Through research they believe 'patient zero' lived Cameroon in Africa, and contracted the disease around 1908, after hunting a chimp and being infected with SIV (Simian Immunodeficiency Virus)
NXLMN TIL there exists a research group dedicated to identifying and classifying plastic bread clips - the Holotypic Occlupanid Research Group (HORG)