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TIL No one knows what’s making children in South Africa resistant to AIDS

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1abrd TIL Chris Henry (former Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver) represented the first case where an active player had died and was diagnosed with CTE.
OG6w6 TIL when Bruce Springsteen met Joey Ramone (of The Ramones), he was asked to write a song for The Ramones and originally wrote “Hungry Heart” for them. He then decided to keep it for himself based on the advice of his manager.
e0LxL TIL prior to the Segway being unveiled in 2001 there were months of hype and fanciful predictions. Steve Jobs predicted future cities would be designed around it and others claimed it would be the most important invention since the computer. There was even speculation it was a teleportation pod.
OGBw7 TIL In 2011 Justin Gaitlin managed to run the 100 metres in 9.45 seconds. This time was accomplished on a Japanese TV show with the aid from a series of fans blowing him forward, which are not allowed for actual record setting times.
egW4 TIL there is a large blobby mass called the ‘North Carolina Sewer Monster’ found to be living in the sewers of Raleigh, North Carolina. No one knows exactly what it is composed of and it reacts to light and heat by pulsating and retracting.