Cue a nationwide eye roll.

The dictatorship known for its intellectual and economic poverty claims to have the cure to AIDS, Ebola and MERS. In fact, they have apparently had this cure since 1966, and it’s made out of rare minerals and a fertilizer found only in North Korea.

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AIDS was not discovered until 1983. The first confirmed case of MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) wasn’t reported until 2012. Ebola was discovered in 1976. Forgive us if we find the idea that North Korea has been secretly hoarding the cure to these diseases since 1966 a little tough to swallow.

North Korea has always been more about truthiness than fact. Wild rumors are constantly being circulated by the state, ranging from the late Kim Jong Il’s amazing prowess as a golf player to the unicorn lair allegedly discovered on North Korean soil. This isn’t even the first time the North Korean government raved about their magical cure. During the bird flu outbreaks of 2006 and 2013, the government claimed that the same drug would cure the disease.