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TIL that They Used to Use Malaria to Treat Syphilis

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Je74 TIL by eating herbivores with seeds in their stomachs and then leaving scat across a large range, cougars are able to plant around 94,000 plants a year.
OobgY TIL we went from Trentino to Quarantino as cities extended the isolation period of illness from 30 to 40 days. [Trentine means 30 days isolation. Quarantine means 40 days isolation.]
ZQGD TIL There was a clan of blue-skinned people in the Kentucky mountains
nePBo TIL that there is a world record for weirdest diet, the diet included 18 bicycles and a few TV sets
mxypE TIL that there are many scientific names for water such as dihydrogen monoxide (subject of a famous hoax), oxidane, hydrohydroxic acid, hydric acid, hydrogen oxide, hydrol, and hydrogen hydroxide. Most of these names are not widely used, but are technically correct.