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The three-day fever

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In 1918, the Flu hand the strongest pimp hand in recorded histor;. It attacked one fifth of everybody on Earth, it killed more people than World War I, it dropped the average of life expectancy in the us by 12 years. It fondled Chuck Norris' mom

The National Archives offers up cool tidbits of creepy data and some photos of the period, handy if you're humped for that sinister cover art for your dark Electro one-man band bedroom album.

The Influenza Epidemic of 1918 [archives.gov]

Posted by Dong Resin on March 8, 2006 9:29 AM |

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My great-aunt threw her flu-infected baby off a train. Good times.

Posted by: People Paula | March 8, 2006 1:30 PM

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