TIL that Christine Maggiore, founder of the HIV/AIDS denialist group Alive and Well, died of AIDS in 2008. [source, comments]

TIL: In 1968, over 6000 sheep were killed in Utah and popular theories pointed to the Army. It was revealed 30 years later that it was indeed the result of nerve agent testing. Families nearby developed nervous system illnesses, but the Army accepted no responsibility. [source, comments]

TIL Facebook is cited as a factor in 20% of US divorces [source, comments]

TIL that the memorial sign dedicated to Emmett Till, a 14-year-old african-american boy who was lynched for whistling at a white woman in Mississippi in 1955, have had to be replaced four times because people kept shooting them full of bullet holes. In 2019, a bulletproof sign was finally erected. [source, comments]

TIL that scientists used a dating method to show a Viking ax cut trees on the North American continent exactly 1000 years ago, in 1021 C.E. This dating method uses a spike in solar radiation that left a mark in tree rings around the world. This proves the Vikings arrived before Christopher Columbus. [source, comments]

An Iranian-Azerbijani rug showcasing Soviet accomplishments in the Space Race, as well as portraits of cosmonauts Yuri Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova (1965)
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@r_propagandaposters

Exceptions can be made.
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TIL that East Germany had an internet domain (.dd) [source, comments]

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