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TIL of the existence of Sovereign Military Order of Malta. A sovereign state recognised by international law and seating in the UN without any territorial claims.

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NeeQ TIL that in 1946 the U.S. Public Health Service infected 1,000 Guatemalan citizens with STD’s for experiments.
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