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TIL During his 2009 TED talk, Bill Gates opened a jar of mosquitoes saying “Malaria is spread by mosquitoes. I brought some… I’ll let them roam around. There is no reason only poor people should be infected” and waited for about a minute before telling the audience that the bugs were malaria-free.

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5Yr5P TIL that some birds sleep while flying by allowing one half of their brains to sleep while the other maintains environmental awareness and aerodynamic control.
OoDx7 TIL about the surviving 2nd century Roman novel A True Story written by Lucian of Samosata. It is regarded as one of the first ever works of science fiction ever written and it features explorers flying to the moon, first contact with aliens, an interstellar war and the discovery of a new continent.
mxRoP TIL that every number has its own Wiki page
LkxaV TIL Two nuclear weapons lay on the Arctic seabed inside a sunken submarine.
X0wNk TIL of the ISSpresso, an espresso machine designed for use on the International Space Station.