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

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DQY8D TIL about the SS Île de France, the last civilian ship to leave France before the outbreak of WWII. It successfully transported 1,777 passengers fleeing from France to New York; while crossing the Atlantic, 16 other vessels were sunk by torpedoes, mines, or gunfire.
9Y9xG TIL Egyptian lawyers were banned from Roman courts during the time Rome ruled over Egypt. This is because they mocked Roman judges and their decisions. Some even made up jokes and songs to defend political prisoners.
kbQB TIL there is a tree in Europe that is alive since 941, when the Byzantine Empire was at its peak.
d8A19 TIL At the end of the Gulf War, 20 people died in Kuwait due to falling bullets from celebratory gunfire.
4kBo6 TIL In 1972 Led Zeppelin were forced to cancel a gig in Singapore when local officials, seeing their long hair, refused to let them off the plane.