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TIL that the term "quack" to mean an incompetent doctor came from the Dutch word "kwakzalver", which was a person who sold dubious medicaments on the street at and at fairs.

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jQWa TIL of the Syracusia, a ship designed by Archimedes in the 3rd century BCE built of exotic wood and marble that carried 1,940 passengers and also had a library, a gym, a temple, a dining room, a bathroom, as well as many more luxurious amenities
wLAWP TIL Chuck Wepner, the inspiration for Rocky, boxed/wrestled Andre the Giant in 1976. It is speculated that the match influenced Rocky III (1982), which features a fight where Hulk Hogan, "Thunderlips", throws Rocky out of the ring, as Andre did Wepner in real life.
jNmLN TIL that approximately 2 million (1%) of Americans are pathological gamblers and approximately 1 in 5 of those pathological gamblers attempts suicide.
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