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TIL that the average home has more than 100 different species of flies, spiders, beetles, ants, and other bugs—with an even greater variety inside houses in wealthier neighborhoods. Instead of pests, they are mostly benign species that are often so small that we don't notice them.

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JYZa4 TIL that Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1+2 has a song call Confisco from Charlie Brown Junior made possible because the fans made a petition asking Activision. CBR is a locally famous brazilian band, the singer most know as Chorão was a big skate advocate, he passed 2013.
rNoow TIL TLC cancelled a show about a mortuary (prior to airing) called "Good Grief", due to allegations that the couple who ran the mortuary (allegedly) mistreated the bodies in the mortuary and allowed seven to decompose.
4kEDb TIL that following the Black Death in England, peasants were able to negotiate better wages due to labour shortages. In response Parliament passed the Statute of Labourers 1351 which prohibited the soliciting of wages above pre-plague levels. This contributed to the English Peasant's Revolt of 1381.
kJaGe TIL: That the Federal Reserve is sitting on an unused $1 billion stock pile of $1 coins minted at an expense of around $300 million, partly because despite numerous attempts Americans do not want to use the coins but prefer to use the paper note instead
oROpE TIL: In 1965, psychology researchers would often lie to elementary school teachers to conduct their experiments. Like this one, called the Pygmalion effect by Rosenthal and Jacobson.