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TIL that They Used to Use Malaria to Treat Syphilis

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DQgbP TIL Ex-Miami Dolphins RB Rob Konrad Swam 16 Hours to Shore after falling off his boat in the ocean
PKOJ TIL in 1960, the computer at NORAD warned with 99.9% certainty that the Soviets had just launched a full-scale missile attack against North America. NORAD later discovered that the Early Warning System in Greenland had interpreted the moon rising over Norway as a missile attack from Siberia.
wo6JJ TIL that as part of a scheme to catch the Zodiac Killer, a movie was made about them.
m1NQR TIL soon after Bergen-Belsen was liberated, Private Sol Goldberg, with a nearby Canadian unit, smuggled supplies into the camp and used an operating room to illegally treat survivors. He was once caught smuggling supplies into the camp; instead of punishing him, his officers donated more supplies.
WkQRY TIL Annie Kopchovsky—the first woman to cycle around the world—only learned how to ride a bike two days prior to setting off. She ended up accomplishing the trip in 15 months and won $10,000 for the feat.