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TIL Our own internal mechanisms cause the "itchiness" in mosquito bites, rather than any chemical the mosquito leaves behind.

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DQpLJ TIL that Thomas Harris, best known for creating the character of Hannibal Lecter, has only written six novels in a span of 48 years. Stephen King has said that for Harris, "the very act of writing is a kind of torment.”
mvPR TIL Monsanto Managers discovered that fish submerged in a creek near one of their chemical facilities in Anniston, Alabama turned belly-up within 10 seconds, spurting blood and shedding skin as if dunked into boiling water. They told no one. They hid the pollution caused by PCBs for decades.
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