History: The 1918 Spanish flu did not actually start in Spain. D…

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Did you know? The 1918 Spanish flu did not actually start in Spain. During the First World War Spain was neutral and did not censor the press, so only Spanish papers reported openly on the pandemic. That made it look as if it began there. Its real origin is still unclear — possibly Kansas or China.

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The 1918 Spanish flu did not actually start in Spain. During the First World War Spain was neutral and did not censor the press, so only Spanish papers reported openly on the pandemic. That made it look as if it began there. Its real origin is still unclear — possibly Kansas or China.

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