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TIL that mosquitoes have killed more humans than all the wars in history

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Z80Xv TIL Laboring women of the Huichol tribe in Mexico held onto a string that was tied to her husband's testicles. "With each painful contraction, she would give the string a yank so that the man could share the burden."
PYkWg TIL Nan Madol, “Ghost City of the Pacific”, megalithic basalt stone structures weighing 800,000 tons, standing 25 feet high and 17 feet thick covering 200 acres built on the coral reef 1,000 years ago in Pohnpei, Micronesia.
O90g TIL King Tut was mummified with an erection.
rRZNy TIL Frank Sinatra was an avid supporter of civil rights. He was a generous financial supporter of Martin Luther King Jr, and was recruited by him to join the civil rights marches in the south. He would go on to receive a lifetime award from the NAACP.
Wk9VA TIL Although he eventually received LASIK surgery to correct his sight, NBA great Horace Grant continued to wear his trademark goggles on the court after he had heard from parents that he had become an inspirational figure to children who wore eyeglasses.