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TIL that mosquitoes kill more people each year than any other species.

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BrMYd TIL that in 2003, after Kenneth Maxwell called 911 to report a fire he saw while driving home, his voice cut off, and when emergency personnel arrived on the scene he was found shot to death in his car. The fire was set to disguise a double homicide, and the killer saw Kenneth make the call.
XE99r TIL Hamburg, Germany has more bridges than any other city in the world and more canals than Amsterdam and Venice combined.
bpd4 TIL the University of Delaware had a MANDATORY “ideological reeducation program” for dorm students indoctrinate them on approved views on politics, race, sexuality, and more. Students who refused to participate, or to praise the program when it was under investigation were threatened with expulsion.
0dwRL TIL in 1895, Georges Polti proposed 36 general plotlines which categorise every dramatic situation that might occur in a story or performance.
paXb TIL in WWII, a dog named Gander fended off two Japanese ambushes. When they came back again, with a grenade this time, Gander picked it up and charged back at them, killing more Japanese, saving his wounded team, going out in a blaze of glory and earning a posthumous medal.