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The toll of history’s worst epidemic surpasses all the military deaths in World War I and World War II combined. And it may have begun in the United States Source: How the Horrific 1918 Flu Spread Across America | History | Smithsonian Magazine

Source: Freeman Dyson, Visionary Technologist, Is Dead at 96 – The New York Times

Source: First Amendment doesn’t apply on YouTube; judges reject PragerU lawsuit | Ars Technica

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Twitter discloses security incident involving the abuse of one of its official API features. Source: Twitter says an attacker used its API to match usernames to phone numbers | ZDNet

Climate change-driven sea-level rise could trigger mass migration of Americans to inland cities, finds new AI study Source: Sea-Level Rise Could Reshape the United States, Trigger Migration Inland – USC Viterbi | School of Engineering

Source: Canada can end poverty and shrink inequality by adding an annual basic income of $22K, new report says | The Star

Researchers have made an astonishing discovery that is transforming our understanding of the Bronze Age. They have established that ancient tin ingots found in Israel actually came from what is now modern-day Britain. Source: Scientists find that tin found in Israel from 3,000 years ago comes from Cornwall, England. | Continue Reading

The contamination of U.S. drinking water with man-made “forever chemicals” is far worse than previously estimated with some of the highest levels found in Miami, Philadelphia and New Orleans, said a report on Wednesday by an environmental watchdog group. Source: U.S. drinking water widely contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’: report – Continue Reading

The Plague was not just a medieval illness. Source: A Tale of Plagues | History Today