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

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8aVRP TIL about Leo Marks, WW2 cryptographer, who was given a 20 minute training exercise on his first day at work which took him the whole day to complete. He had accidentally not been given the cipher key and ended up breaking a code that was meant to be secure.
M7Zr7 TIL the oldest known mine in the world shows signs of mining activity from 41,000 - 43,000 years ago
x9xg TIL The James Randi Educational Foundation will pay $1,000,000 to any person who demonstrates any psychic, supernatural, or paranormal ability under satisfactory observation. In the 50 years it’s been running, no one has passed the preliminary test.
neM9r TIL that technically speaking five nations have military bases on U.S. soil: The Netherlands, Germany, Italy, The U.K. and Singapore.
ne07r TIL About Otoya Yamaguchi: The Anonymous Smiling 17-Year-Old Who Assassinated Japan’s Socialist Leader On Live TV