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TIL: Syphilis originated in the Americas, not Europe, DNA analysis shows

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1Eyr TIL Australia has successfully beaten AIDS and the amount of people still with it is not recorded anymore as the number is so small.
Yp0OW TIL There are no laws against cannibalism in the United States. However, laws against murder, battery and desecration of corpses make it impossible to eat someone legally.
90np TIL that the Americans considered creating a “Gay Bomb” that would release hormones in an attempt to cause all the enemy forces to become attracted to each other. They were looking into alternative forms of chemical warfare at the time.
7rB4Z TIL the main difference between "Opossum" and "Possum" is that the Opossum is from North America while the Possum is from Australia. While the North American version is spelled with an "O" at the front it is still pronounced the same as the Australian version.
X0A4X TIL game designer Will Wright (creator of The Sims) held the record for the illegal 'Cannonball Run' race to drive across the US in 1980, driving from New York to California in 33 hours 9 minutes