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TIL that They Used to Use Malaria to Treat Syphilis

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LQmMr TIL about a sport called Jorkyball, which is like a cross between soccer and squash
b9kPN TIL that there exist fungus that can digest gamma rays using melanin, the protein found in our skin, and turn it into energy.
J16Oj TIL Thought destroyed by Nazis, a priceless mosaic owned by Roman emperor Caligula ended up as a coffee table for 50 years in a NYC apartment
ADAno TIL of Walt Whitman's friend, Silas Soule. At 17, he was escorting slaves on the Underground Railroad. By 22, he'd staged two prison heists & become a blacksmith. At 26, he defied orders to participate in a massacre of Native Americans, testified against its architect, and was murdered for it.
NwYN TIL that the world’s largest cocaine producer is Peru. It has dethroned Colombia.