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TIL a Hapax legomenon is a word or expression that occurs only once in the entire written record of a language. For example, Slæpwerigne, "sleep-weary", occurs exactly once in the Old English corpus, in the Exeter Book.

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8aWG8 TIL According to “The Impact of Disease on the Civil War”, 3/5 Union troops died of diseases. 63% of Union fatalities were due to disease, 12% due to wounds, 19% of Union deaths were due to death on the battle field. Likewise, 2/3 Confederate troops died of infection.