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Todd Schafer
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I found out that the derogatory term Coon came from the word barricoon. It was the name for a British shanty town in africa. It's all they could muster up because they were brutalized by the mosquito
— May 19, 2026 03:38PM
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Todd Schafer
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Another way the mosquito has changed the course of history was in Hannibal's attempt to take over rome. He got all the way to Rome, and he was thwarted by the pontine marshes in the mosquitoes that cause malaria there. He needed to have a siege not a quick strike deal and obviously The siege was not possible
— May 09, 2026 08:46AM
Todd Schafer
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Coffee became linked to the malarial diseases and this is how the slave trade brought mosquito-borne diseases to the West
— May 01, 2026 03:42AM
