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TIL Sudan has more pyramids than Egypt

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b64jN TIL that historically, syphilis was treated by infecting patients with malaria to induce fever. About 15% of patients died from malaria, but this was considered better than the near-certain death from syphilis.
eaLg TIL that the word “idiot”, in Athenian democracy, referred to a person who was selfish and concerned only about their private affairs, while having no interest in public concerns at all.
gMeNW TIL that in the last 7 years craters started to appear in the Siberian Tundra, similar to the craters that form by cryovolcanism on the Saturn's moon Enceladus.
x6KLk TIL the NFL has only suspended first round draft picks 3 times - Tom Brady was associated with each of them.
nemlB TIL Zach Galifianakis pays the rent of an 87-year-old lady who used to live at the laundromat he used before he was famous and he sometimes takes her to his film premieres.