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TIL that only female mosquitoes drink blood, because they need the protein and iron to develop eggs

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MYja TIL that Johnny Depp’s daughter nearly died from an E.Coli infection and had an extended hospital stay. In order to thank the hospital for taking care of her, Depp dressed up as Jack Sparrow and read stories to kids for four hours.
9K7X TIL that mathematicians have jokingly proposed a standard unit of measurement for beauty: the “millihelen.” Inspired by Helen of Troy, a millihelen is defined as “the amount of beauty required to launch one ship.”
ND1J TIL that the pangolin is the only mammal with scales and it’s also the most illegally traded wild mammal on the planet, and is in danger of being eaten to extinction.
AN5Ga TIL that Sylvia Browne, a reoccurring talk show psychic, incorrectly "predicted" that Amanda Berry was dead while she was in fact alive and imprisoned with 2 other women and a child
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