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R51m4 TIL neither Maryland nor Virginia are named after the Virgin Mary. Maryland is named after Henrietta Maria, the Queen Consort of Charles I, while Virginia is named after Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen.
P1dgZ TIL that In the 1940s–50s, Canada ran nutrition experiments on over 1,300 Indigenous people, including 1,000 children in residential schools and remote communities, deliberately malnourishing many to study vitamins. Historian Ian Mosby exposed the abuses in 2013.
P8LG TIL HIV infection can be prevented if antiretroviral drugs are taken within 72 hours after exposure. This is due to the length of time it takes the virus to infect and proliferate.
bPLa TIL There is a German beer with the registered trademark “Fucking Hell”, where Fucking refers to a Village in Austria and Hell is a german sort of Lager.
x6BYw TIL that Katō Kanji, leader of the fleet faction, shouted that "war with America starts now" after the signing of the Washington Naval Treaty.