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TIL that former Grand Wizard of the KKK David Duke wrote a self-help book for women under the pseudonym Dorothy Vanderbilt, titled “Finders-Keepers” which contains sexual, diet, fashion, cosmetic and relationship advice, as well as advice on vaginal exercises, fellatio, and anal sex.

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wLlW7 TIL about Ali Maow Maalin. In 1977 he was diagnosed and later found to be the last known person to be naturally infected with smallpox. He made a full recovery and in the 2000's worked with the WHO on their successful polio eradication campaign in Somalia. He died of malaria in 2013.
paJb TIL the Hawaiian pizza was invented by a Canadian
MeveB TIL the deposed Last Emperor of China was so used to having his needs catered to that whilst an imprisoned war criminal, it was observed that he had never brushed his teeth or tied shoelaces himself. Upon his release, others noticed that he would forget to flush the toilet and close doors behind him
vaZ8 TIL that Syphilis can be cured by contracting Malaria. (The person who discovered it got a Nobel prize for it)
QLBk TIL in 1950, Pope Pius XII confirmed there was no conflict between Christianity and the theory of evolution, and the Church supports the idea of theistic evolution.