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

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DQxlv TIL Brazil’s humanitarian crisis exposed suffering of Yanomami people under Bolsonaro government
wLL1o Really, really old
gM7dX TIL if you put water droplets on a hot pan they never actually touch the pan. A vapor layer forms that makes them float. This phenomenon is an example of the Leidenfrost effect.
nWoYW TIL about Pokémon's Porygon episode which featured a series of rapidly alternating red and blue frames that provoked epileptic seizures in hundreds of children (685 viewers – 310 boys and 375 girls). As a result of the incident, the Pokémon anime went into a four-month hiatus.
QNLMM TIL Zyzzyx Road is the lowest grossing movie of all time: only six people bought tickets for a total box office of $30