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TIL that no Danish monarch has been coronated since 1849

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6EM4W TIL that the reason some cops touch your car’s tail light during traffic stops is to leave fingerprint evidence. If the officer found himself in a dangerous situation, this would prove that he or she was present at the scene.
Me1oB TIL that malaria was once used to treat syphilis. Dr. Wagner von Jauregg injected sufferers with malaria-infected blood, causing an extremely high fever that would ultimately kill the disease. Jauregg won the Nobel Prize for the treatment and it remained in use until the development of penicillin.
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