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TIL syphilis was first recorded in Europe in 1494, with the hypothesis that it originated in the America’s and was brought to Italy by way of the Columbian Trade.

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9QpQ TIL the first pedestrian killed by a car in UK happened on August 17th 1896. Mrs Bridget Driscoll was frozen in place by panic as a car ran her over at the incredible speed of 4 MPH.
4X6aw That’s because it’s real. What you’re looking at is the General Electric Propulsion Test Platform, a specially modified Boeing 747-400 used to try out new jet engines. In this case, it’s testing out the huge new GE9X meant to power the next generation of Boeing 777.
gMLeX TIL Perfect Strangers starring Bronson Pinchot as Balki Bartokomous takes place in the same universe as Family Matters, which shares a universe with Step by Step, where Bronson Pinchot plays a hair dresser named Jean-Luc Rieupeyroux
Rnwj TIL that long nails of two NICU nurses (one with natural nails, one artificial) caused 46 pseudomonas infections in infants during a 15 month period. Sixteen babies died, at least 8 as a direct result of the infections.
VMNM0 TIL that the idea that Hitler survived the Battle of Berlin and moved to South America was started by Joseph Stalin.