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

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eAMD TIL Pop Rocks were the result of Tang inventor William A. Mitchell’s attempt to create an instant carbonated soda.
P1xOV TIL Venus rotates only once in 243 Earth days, and its year is 225 Earth-days long which means that one day lasts longer than a year.
OEyg TIL it is illegal for 2 unmarried of opposite sex to live together in Florida. And Mississippi and Michigan too.
nWevW TIL in the 1960s the US government dug a mile-deep hole in the ground and dropped a 40-kiloton atomic bomb in it, to release natural gas. It worked, but the gas was too radioactive to use, and the project was abandoned.
6E0NW TIL Active since at least 1998, "in concert with the CIA and FBI, (NSA's) TAO is used to intercept laptops purchased online, divert them to secret warehouses where spyware and hardware is installed, and send them on to customers."