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TIL we used Malaria to treat Syphilis

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jAnR TIL paleontologists have found 55-million-year old fossil remains of parrots in Scandinavia
R5rol TIL that the exact meaning of the letter “p” in the pH scale is unknown because the inventor never bothered to explain what it stood for.
71QX TIL of Internet Hunting where a remote rifle is setup with a webcam so one can hunt animals over the internet. The practice was effectively banned in the US by 2008.
GARKQ TIL that the first national speed limit law of 55mph passed in 1974 in the US was not because of safety concerns, but because fast-traveling vehicles would have exacerbated the oil shortage at the time
9KYp TIL that, according to the American Psychiatric Association, caffeine withdrawal is officially a mental disorder.