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rENd TIL Mosquitoes have killed more humans than all the wars in history.
VZ8D TIL that despite widespread disapproval of organ donation after death, in 2014, 17% of all live kidney donations to strangers in the United States were donated by Haredi Jews, even though they are only 0.2% of the US population
kOR8W TIL American Humane, the organization which provides the "No animals were harmed" verification on Hollywood productions, was found to have colluded with studios to cover up major animal abuses on movie sets.
r05w TIL Buster Keaton (“a master of conveying action through imagery alone”) and Charlie Chaplin had a friendly rivalry over who could use the fewest intertitles in their silent movies. Typical silents averaged 240 intertitles. Chaplin won with a low of 21; Buster got as low as 23.
mmVE TIL An Indian man single-handedly planted a 1,360-acre forest