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Ching Shih: A Prostitute Who Became History’s Deadliest Pirate

by HistoryBuff June 26, 2022, 6:12 am

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The deadliest son of a bitch in outer space

by CopyPastaArchive May 27, 2022, 3:46 am

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TIL about the Tenerife Airport Disaster of 1977; two Boeing 747s crashed into each other on the runway, the impact and resulting fire killed 583 people which makes it the deadliest accident in aviation history.

by whatilearned April 11, 2022, 10:16 am

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TIL The 1st, 2nd and 5th deadliest wildfires in recorded history all happened on the same day in different places in the United States.

by whatilearned March 1, 2022, 2:45 am

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TIL: Robert Liston a Scottish surgeon said to have performed the removal of a limb in 28 seconds, accidentally amputating his assistant surgeon’s fingers, causing the patient and assistant to die of sepsis, and a witness reportedly dying of shock, making this surgery the deadliest in history

by whatilearned February 11, 2022, 12:11 am

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TIL of the Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster, one of the deadliest industrial disasters in US History. An estimated 764 workers died of Silicosis caused by working conditions and lack of safety equiment.

by whatilearned January 10, 2022, 10:51 pm

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TIL The Great Smog of London killed 4000 Londoners in 4 days and was composed of dense fog and sooty black coal smoke. Est. 100,000 became ill. Considered by some to be the deadliest environmental episode in recorded history

by whatilearned December 3, 2021, 12:52 am

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TIL about Operation Kitona, when in 1998 Rwandan/Ugandan forces highjacked 4 civilian airliners, flew them to an airbase in western DRC where they amassed 3000 troops, then took over the Inga Dams and cut off power to Kinshasa. Thus began the Second Congo War, second deadliest conflict since WWII.

by whatilearned December 3, 2021, 12:39 am

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TIL Klavdiya Kalugina was one of the youngest Russian snipers who fought during WW2, she was 17. She amassed 257 confirmed kills. She survived the war and lives in Russia, she is 95 years old. She remains one of the deadliest snipers ever.

by whatilearned November 21, 2021, 6:14 am

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TIL that a tree in Florida is named the world’s deadliest

by whatilearned November 20, 2021, 3:50 pm

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TIL that mosquito is the world’s deadliest animal. Spreading diseases such as malaria, dengue, West Nile, yellow fever, Zika, chikungunya, and lymphatic filariasis, the mosquito infects nearly 700 million people each year resulting in over a million deaths, more than any other creature in the world!

by whatilearned September 16, 2021, 6:32 pm

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What is the deadliest war ever fought?

by QuestionGuy September 15, 2021, 8:37 pm

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