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TIL about the origin story of mosquitoes from the Tlingit tribe of Alaska. A young man got revenge on a cannibal which had killed his two older brothers while they were out hunting. After he burned the cannibal's body into ashes, he blew on the ashes and they flew off, turning into mosquitoes.

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M01W TIL when Soviet geologist discovered a cavern with natural gas, they decided to burn it off so it wouldn’t harm anybody, Expecting it to take a few days. Four decades later it stills burns, locals refer to it as the “Door to Hell”.
4XoAo TIL that in 2014 and while trapped in a casino during a blizzard, Bon Jovi put on a full live show for employees and guests who were also trapped.
Zn4o TIL that Portugal did a radical experiment against addiction by decriminalizing all drugs and used the anti-drug budget on job programs and services to connect addicted people with their community. 10 years later drug deaths fell by 80% and heroin addiction by 50%.
5VQJQ TIL that in "Maleficent", Angelina Jolie's own daughter had to play the younger version of Aurora, because they were unable to find any other young girl who wasn't too scared to go near Angelina in her Maleficent costume.
5dmr TIL “Goblet of Fire” is much longer than the first three books because JK Rowling unintentionally created a giant plot hole and had to spend the rest of the book trying to fix it