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Christopher Columbus not only brought war, oppression and the ravages of smallpox with him when he "discovered" America—he also invented syphilis! (Well, sorta. His sailors took the mutated, sexually transmitted form of the bug back to Europe.) And you thought that not getting mail delivered on his birthday was annoying ... (yahoo.com)