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TIL scientists have been able to trace the start of HIV/AIDS to King Leopold’s Belgian Congo, originating as far back as 1909. The first person to be infected probably got the virus in the 1920s

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TIL scientists have been able to trace the start of HIV/AIDS to King Leopold’s Belgian Congo, originating as far back as 1909. The first person to be infected probably got the virus in the 1920s

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TIL In New Zealand, the first encounter between Europeans and Māori may have involved cannibalism of a Dutch sailor. In June 1772, the French explorer & 26 members of his crew were killed and eaten. In an 1809 about 66 British passengers and crews of the Boyd were also killed and eaten.

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TIL that the German luxury ship SMS Cap Trafalgar was converted into a warship during WWI and disguised as the British passenger ship RMS Carmania. The Trafalgar’s only and last battle resulted in the Trafalgar being sunk by the real RMS Carmania, which had also been converted into a warship.

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TIL about the “Maze Procedure,” in which heart surgeons literally scarify a maze into heart tissue so abnormal rhythms get trapped while normal ones can pass through. The procedure has an 80%-90% success rate in curing atrial fibrillation.

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TIL In New Zealand, the first encounter between Europeans and Māori may have involved cannibalism of a Dutch sailor. In June 1772, the French explorer & 26 members of his crew were killed and eaten. In an 1809 about 66 British passengers and crews of the Boyd were also killed and eaten.

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