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TIL that the Spanish flu epidemic was especially severe in Alaska, causing 51% of all deaths there in 1918-19. It was particularly severe for the natives, which was one reason a diphtheria outbrea... (www.nps.gov)

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Original Title: TIL that the Spanish flu epidemic was especially severe in Alaska, causing 51% of all deaths there in 1918-19. It was particularly severe for the natives, which was one reason a diphtheria outbreak there in 1925 was treated as such an emergency

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