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TIL that a man had his Twitter account suspended in 2017 after making a death threat towards a mosquito.

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XXZ6 TIL that police broke up a Lego heist ring last year for stealing $40,000 worth of bricks and found that one of the suspects was also in possession of another $160,000 of bricks—18 pallets worth.
er9b TIL that there is a hidden pattern called the EURion Constellation that is incorporated into over 52 countries’ banknotes, including the US. Printers will refuse to print banknotes if the pattern is detected, and PhotoShop will prevent editing if the pattern is detected.
pkAG TIL that until 1966, the NBA had Territorial Draft Picks. A team could forgo its first round pick and take any player within 50 miles of its location. They included Wilt Chamberlain and Oscar Robertson.
XyG8 TIL the line ‘well-behaved women seldom make history’ as a call for women to 'misbehave’ is a misinterpretation of the original context. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, the historian who wrote these words, was lamenting that so many women who made positive impacts on society are overlooked by history.
lKNA TIL: Those weird looking scientific instruments you always see in nuclear test footage contained live pigs [NSFL]