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w0m1 TIL people used to be given malaria to cure syphilis. The syphilis was unable to survive the high temperature from the malaria induced fever.
rN4wy TIL the Knight Rider theme song is based on the 1876 ballet "Sylvia" by Léo Delibes
ADadB TIL of Wataru Misaka, a Japanese-American drafted into the New York Knicks in 1947. He was the first non-Caucasian professional basketball player, and the first African-American player didn’t play in the NBA until three years later.
mx1DO Since the 18th century, male academics cite their own papers on average 56% more than their female counterparts.
a8BJL TIL that European Starlings can mimic human speech