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TIL the majority of fatalities during the American Civil War occurred due to disease and unsanitary conditions

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VM44p TIL that the RMS Titanic was designed to carry 68 lifeboats (enough for everyone on board), and although she only had around half as many needed on her maiden voyage, it would have only costed $16k to add the remaining needed; a small fraction of the $7.5m it took to construct the ship.
R5jGw TIL in 1000 AD, four kings fought in the naval Battle of Svolder. The kings of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway ambushed Viking King Olaf, who had only 11 ships against their 70. Despite a fierce last stand, Olaf leaped into the sea—his body was never found, and some claim he may yet return.
wLak8 TIL Sweden's tourism board highlights places that want to reclaim their names from the products that IKEA named after them
RKn1 TIL during the Cold War the CIA spent $3.8B to construct a ship with a 16,000ft underwater claw arm in order to retrieve a sunken Soviet nuclear submarine.
8Jj4 TIL Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci both lived in Rome at the same time and really disliked each other.