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TIL In 2003, Prеs. Bush startеd PEPFAR, providing antirеtroviral drugs to African nations, lowеring thе AIDS ratе by 10% and saving 1.1 million livеs

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NXE5E TIL that the Freedom Bell is a 2:1 scale replica of the Liberty Bell that was cast in The Netherlands. It was a bicentennial gift from the American Legion to the nation’s youth and sat in storage for several years before being installed at Union Station in 1981.
xV0rg TIL I learned that George Washington Carver, the "Peanut Guy", was also the first black American to receive a bachelors degree in the US in 1894. He also discovered dozens of new use cases from sweet potatoes. So he was so much more than just a peanut guy! Powerful black history facts.
VM7LG TIL We don't really know how Shakespeare spelled his own name, and nor, in fact, did he.
Z8W6p TIL Tsuyama massacre (1938) was the deadliest shooting by lone gunman in Japanese history. This happened because women in village rejected his sexual advances. So, 21 years old Mutsuo Toi went rampage and killed 30 people with his shotgun, axe and katana. Toi's grandma was also one of the victims
YeWv TIL the Delta Airlines contract has a specific line allowing each passenger from Hawaii to carry one box or bag of pineapples.