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TIL Eric Cartman of South Park has committed 42 crimes, including Murder, Cannabilism, Unlicensed Surgery and Terrorism

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nedj9 TIL that ticks and mites can smell the breath of its target, e.g. human. Then they come out of their shelter to attack breathing target. Ticks have special unique organs (called olfactoreceptors) that can smell carbon dioxide that comes out when you're breathing.
LkaAr TIL People used to believe that malaria was caused by bad air ("mal aria"). When Spanish Conquistadors founded a city in modern-day Argentina they unknowingly did so beyond the breeding range of mosquitoes, the disease's vector. It became the first malaria-free port, so they named it Buenos Aires.
v1Me4 TIL: Caillou was voiced by a girl and she passed away in a car crash in 2003
4BEJ TIL Scotland Yard, one of the world’s best-known police agencies, is built on top of an unsolved crime scene
epDQg TIL The world standard telescope for Sun monitoring is set by a 2.4" refracting telescope at the Zurich Observatory in Switzerland. Anything larger will reveal too many sunspots that will skew the actual total