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TIL that the Vietnamese unit of currency is the 'Dong.'

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KKaB TIL that California’s drought might actually be a return to normal climate, with the past 100 years being abnormally wet.
Me1oB TIL that malaria was once used to treat syphilis. Dr. Wagner von Jauregg injected sufferers with malaria-infected blood, causing an extremely high fever that would ultimately kill the disease. Jauregg won the Nobel Prize for the treatment and it remained in use until the development of penicillin.
6mdJ TIL The new Marriott in Port au Prince is a teaching hotel and hiring priorities are given to Haitians in need of work over past experience or skill set in order to support the community. Extra showers and facilities were built for the staff, many of whom don’t have running water in their own homes
KOoa9 TIL, numbers that are the product of two prime numbers (e.g. 4, 6, 9, 10, etc.) are called semiprimes, and sometimes they can be the squares of prime numbers. Semiprime numbers have no composite numbers as factors other than themselves, which is another reason why they are called semiprimes.
neko9 TIL about Dr. Farid Fata, an oncologist who falsely diagnosed 500+ patients with cancer they never had, subjected them to unnecessary treatments, including chemo, and then fraudulently billed over $30 million to their insurance. He was sentenced to 45 years in prison after pleading guilty in 2014.