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TIL we used Malaria to treat Syphilis

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6KeQ TIL Theodore Roosevelt boxed regularly during his presidency until he was hit so hard he went blind in one eye.
WkOZB TIL in the 1950s a scientist used a mirror to focus the enery from a nuclear explosion to light his cigarette
EgrbW TIL the first seal of Massachusetts Bay Colony showed a nude American Indian with a bush covering his groin, an arrow in his hand pointed down and a scroll over his mouth with the words "Come over and help us." This seal emphasized the missionary and commercial intentions of the first colonists.
J9rl TIL that the ancient Greek geographer Pytheas from Massalia (modern Marseille, France) sailed to Great Britain and possibly Iceland as well, and was the first scientific thinker to connect the phases of the moon with the tides
Ypw0W TIL all Domestic cats are same species (Felis catus) and similarly all dogs/domestic dogs are same species (Canis familiaris)