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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ProbablySomeBoomer on 2023-07-12 18:40:31.

Original Title: TIL that the British used to dock decommissioned ships in the harbor and use them as prisons. More Americans died on these ships during the American Revolution than in every battle of the war combined.