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

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LQyYr TIL John Sherman, McKinley's first Secretary of State, opposed the annexation of Puerto Rico and the Philippines
jNerj TIL about the concept of 'invented tradition', in which something believed or touted to be ancient is actually modern, such as ancestral Scottish clan-tartans, which are actually a 19th-century creation.
JYgO8 TIL France had a "proto-internet" called Minitel, to which half the population had access. It allowed for buying plane tickets, shopping, 24-hr news, message boards & adult chat services. It was used to coordinate a national strike in 1986. Some believe it hindered the internet's adoption in France.
0n0p TIL the only thing preventing an American from driving all the way to Argentina is a short strip of Jungle in Panama called the Darien Gap
YppJA TIL Dolphins give eachother names and even respond to them.