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may 12, 1493 - Syphilis first outbreak

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First recorded outbreak of syphilis. A popular theory was the Columbian theory suggesting that men from Columbus’ crew contracted the disease from Native Americans and brought it over to the Americas

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may 12, 1493
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~ 533 years ago