malaria, n.Trivia

Malaria is theorized to have killed half of all humans who have ever lived (Approx 50 Billion people).

Malaria has been responsible for around half of the deaths of everyone who has ever lived.

In the 1850s, a British explorer called Somalis 'superstitious' for thinking that mosquitoes carried malaria. Then, in 1897, a British officer was credited for 'discovering' that mosquitoes carried malaria.

Until penicillin was developed, malaria was used to treat syphilis

Gin & Tonic originated in India to make quinine, a traditional cure for malaria more palatable for the British army stationed in the region.