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TIL That malaria has killed more than half of all humans since they were created.

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Lklnr TIL In France in 1789 50% of the French people did not speak French at all, and only 12 to 13% spoke it 'fairly'
XjJD TIL that at the start of the 19th century an estimated ¾ of all living people were kept against their will either in some form of slavery or serfdom
kJxD1 TIL North Carolina has the 3rd highest euthanasia rate in the USA
E1mQ0 TIL A California woman died in 2007 because she held her pee in too long during a radio contest to win a brand new Nintendo Wii for her children. The station was held liable and made to pay $16.5 million in damages
R7vpl TIL Beethoven was once asked to an improvisational battle by a rival (Daniel Steibelt). During the duel, Beethoven took a piece of his rival's music, turned it upside-down, then improvised on that theme for over an hour. Steibelt left halfway through the performance.