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TIL That Chumbawamba was still a band, until today.

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vbR7 TIL Hustler Magazine owner Larry Flynt survived an attack by a serial killer, but was paralyzed from the waist down. He pleaded for his attacker to not be executed, saying “a government that forbids killing among its citizens should not be in the business of killing people itself.
9wNwX TIL that around 2020, anthropogenic mass (human-made material) was expected to exceed all living biomass on earth
xVXeg TIL that Laika, the first dog in space, was taken home by a scientist shortly before her launch to play with the scientists's kids.He wrote '"Laika was quiet and charming...I wanted to do something nice for her: She had so little time left to live'.
Xgy6 TIL Instead of kissing, Manchu mothers used to show affection for their children by performing fellatio on their male babies while regarding public kissing with revulsion.
11eX TIL there is a mosquito used in biological pest control because its young eat other mosquito larvae. It is called the Elephant mosquito due to its size, and the adults feed on nectar, not blood.