The Worst Epidemics Throughout History

SARS Dies Out

Thanks to quarantining, social distancing, and being smart about their hygiene, the outbreak died off within two years. Since May 2005, there have been no other cases of SARS reported in hospitals. One reporter wrote that "The epidemic strain of SARS that caused at least 774 deaths worldwide by June 2003 has not been seen outside of a laboratory since then." 

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The More You Know

  • Warren Buffett has only sent one email in his life. It was sent to Jeff Raikes of Microsoft, and Buffett said it became his first and last email when it ended up in court.
  • The United States defense budget of $698 billion is more than the next seventeen nations combined.
  • The people who are currently alive are only 7% of the total number of people who have ever lived.
  • It costs the U.S. Mint almost twice as much to mint each penny and nickel as the coins are actually worth. Taxpayers lost over $100 million in 2013 just through the coins being made.
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