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TIL that in 2024 someone commissioned a 93ft long super yacht named "Dumb Ass"

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vaZ8 TIL that Syphilis can be cured by contracting Malaria. (The person who discovered it got a Nobel prize for it)
WkB4A TIL America and "the Americas" were named after Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian navigator and merchant. "America" was chosen because it matches Europe and Asia, which are also womens names.
VM4J4 TIL that one part of Operation Anadyr, the Soviet Deception plan preceding the Cuban Missile Crisis, involved giving Cuban exiles in the USA correct information on the shipment of nukes and missiles, guessing (correctly) that the CIA would perceive them as lies to encourage an invasion.
wLA6J TIL, a 3,000 year old mummy was found that had a wooden prosthetic big toe.
oBeGW TIL the state of Maryland used to have a colony in Africa named the Republic of Maryland. Also known by Maryland-in-Africa, the country merged into Liberia in 1857, becoming the present day Maryland County.