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TIL Mosquitoes are the only creatures responsible for the deaths of more humans than humans themselves.

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m94x TIL there have been no beehive losses in Cuba. Unable to import pesticides due to the embargo, the island now exports valuable organic honey.
ZmJR TIL the original bikini swimsuit was named after the then-recent Bikini Atoll nuclear test because the inventor expected the swimsuit to be “equally explosive”
pYBLp TIL Popeye the Sailor was originally a supporting character, intended to go away after one storyline
vGpK TIL in 2003 Dave Grohl was on the top of the Billboard Modern Rock chart for 17 of 18 successive weeks, as a member of three different groups
8aNQV TIL the world's first microprocessor was built in 1968 for the F-14 Tomcat fighter jet (featured in the cinema classic "Top Gun"), and was kept classified until 1998