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

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mxwAp TIL 1 in every 10000 people have their internal organs completely mirrored- as a result, the heart is on their right side. Most people who have it will never be diagnosed and live a normal life.
9RQG TIL The newest US Navy destroyer is so stealthy that they have to affix huge reflectors on it during peacetime operations because radar thinks the 610-foot warship is a 50-foot fishing vessel which has already caused one near-collision with a civillian vssel.
R5lRQ TIL Celine Dion met her husband when she was 12 and he was… 38
5Y00B TIL a "Karen" is actually a group of people of eastern and southern Burma (Myanmar).
nep9G TIL Bhagat Singh Thind gained US citizenship in 1918, only to be stripped of it 4 days later for being Indian. His 2nd attempt had the Supreme Court rule against him. He succeeded in his 3rd attempt. He was also the first turbaned (Sikh) member of the US Army, serving during WWI.