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AD9Jx TIL That malaria has killed more than half of all humans since they were created.
NXjp6 TIL in a very early conflict of the Revolutionary War, a contingent of North Carolina militia battled British Loyalists armed only with swords in the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge. In less than an hour, the militia inflicted 50 British casualties and captured 850, while suffering only 2 casualties.
N77AN TIL the deadliest earthquake of the twentieth century was the 1976 Tangshan quake, killing approx. 250'000 people
XvpE TIL that after Free Willy was so successful, Warner Brothers Studios led an effort to find Keiko the Orca a better home
GPbj TIL China loosened it’s ‘One Child Policy’ in 2013, allowing couples to have two children if either parent is an only child.