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TIL that Malaria killed ~10k troops in the US Civil War

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WkDg8 TIL 16 months before he died, the Genie Awards offended John Candy with an unauthorized ad, calling him "The Biggest Star They Could Find" to host their award show.
b9Z47 TIL: There is around $60 billion of unclaimed treasure still under the sea.
6EbEw TIL Lichtenstein didn't recognize women's right to vote until 1984
78oJr TIL American sculptor Bob Cassilly, best known for creating the City Museum in St. Louis, was present when Laszlo Toth vandalized Michelangelo's Pietà in Italy. Cassilly struck Toth multiple times before pulling him away from the statue.
Oo6O7 TIL French author Voltaire wrote over 2000 books & was read by Napoleon, Frederick the Great & Catherine the Great. Upon his death in 1778 Catherine the Great purchased his entire collection & moved it to The Hermitage in Russia.