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Re:How did British officers live in the scorching heat of In... by rhcom2 on Monday January 20, 2020 @10:46AM (#22099600)
Interesting question. I found this: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/03/native-ameri...

Fun tidbit:

> But contrary to popular belief, it wasn’t all one sided. It’s believed that one Native American disease did slip on to the European ships and sailed onward to Europe doing some major damage in the process. That disease was syphilis.

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Re:How did British officers live in the scorching heat of In... by BerislavLopac on Monday January 20, 2020 @11:06AM (#22099764)
It is one theory, but things are not completely clear: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_syphilis#Origin
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