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TIL: The cure for Scurvy was discovered in the 1490s, lost in the 1870s, and re-discovered in the 1930s.

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rR6Eo TIL about Rocky, a drug sniffing dog for the Vicenza, Italy police force. The German shepherd was well known in the drug world, and when he died prematurely at age 3 the drug dealers sent a letter of condolences along with a bag of hash as a final salute.
OobA4 TIL there was a supposed "Curse" of the subjects featured on the 50 State Quarters. One of the most famous examples was New Hampshire's "Old Man of the Mountain" which collapsed in 2003
LkNgp TIL of the wreck of the slave ship L'Utile which in 1761 crashed into Tromelin Island near Madagascar, an island without animals or trees. 60 Slaves were left behind. FIFTEEN YEARS later the survivors were rescued – seven women and an eight-month-old child.
VKrQ TIL there are at least 6 castles that cost less than an apartment in NYC
loeB1 TIL that chickens have a recessive gene which allows them to make teeth like their ancestors.