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7rEO TIL In 1835, North Carolina had its own Oskar Schindler. Will Thomas, the only white Cherokee chief in history, saved hundreds of Cherokee from the Trail of Tears through treaties and land purchases.
X0JAD TIL that until 1773, Harvard University graduates were ranked not by academic merit but according to their birth status or rank of their parents.
yQ7Pa TIL of Freud's patient diagnosed with hysteria based on menstrual symptoms. A surgeon friend claimed he could cure it with nose surgery. Surgery botched, left her hemorrhaging and disfigured. Freud claimed her hemorrhage is "wish-bleeding" caused by a hysterical longing for the affection of others.
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.
rRj4y TIL: Rhesus macaques were introduced to Silver Springs state park in the 30s but, now 400 strong, they now harbor a disease fatal to humans.