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TIL Russia, Corsica and Israel have raised monuments to mosquitofish, commemorating their role in defeating malaria in the early 20th century

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6EZa7 TIL the comic book series, The Crow, was originally created by James O'Barr as a means of dealing with the death of his fiancée at the hands of a drunk driver.
jNxmj Paradoxically, the more you save on a flash drive, the lighter it gets.
dD4O9 TIL FDR died in the middle of posing for this portrait.
BrBEW TIL bills of $1k, $5k, $10k, and up to $100k used to be in circulation, a few of which were curtailed by Nixon in '69 to prevent them from being used in money-laundering
jgLN TIL that phones sold in Japan permanently have the shutter sound turned on so as to deter up-skirt photography