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Failure: The Blog 
April 2018
- Cruise Control Came Out of Frustration
- Time Spent Gaming Pays Off In The Navy
- Rock Around The Clock Was a Commercial Failure
- Sigmund Freud Should Have Been Discouraged
March 2018
- Superman Couldn't Fly
- This School Shares Failures
- Jim Croce's Parents Hoped He Would Fail
- McDonald's Turns A Cheater Into A Winner
- Snake Eyes Was Made To Save Money
February 2018
- A Stolen Album Created Success
- The 1679 Habeas Corpus Act Passed Due To A Joke
- Changing The Print On A Box Saved Money
- George Washington Survived His Miserable Mother
- How Warehouse Stores Began
January 2018
- Reddit User Found Success Through Failure
- Remembering Famous Failures
- Mistake Or Genius Marketing?
- Waste From Our Eyes Lets Us See
- The Slinky Was Accidentally Created
December 2017
- Proceeding After A Failure
- An Elementary School Embraces Failure
- When Businesses Apologize
- How The Olympics Nearly Destroyed Montreal
- Benji Was A Shelter Dog!
November 2017
The Spanish Flu Was Bigger Than You Think
What comes to mind when you think of the Spanish Flu? You probably think it was a tragedy that hit Spain, right? Unfortunately, the truth is very different from what most of us know.
In 1918, a deadly flu virus swept through nations, infecting over 500 million people. At the time, most people expected the sick, elderly, and young to die as they were more susceptible. This virus was different. It seemed to be taking healthy, young adults. The death tolls rose everywhere, not just in Spain. But why do we call it the Spanish Flu, then?
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At the time, in order to maintain morale during this time of war, the information about the pandemic was censored in the UK, Germany, France, and the US. Papers instead reported on Spain’s rising death tolls as they were a neutral country during war. This failure made them famous for something that was a tragedy.
