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TIL that in 2007, during the downturn of the California housing market, southern California seen a 276% rise in West Nile virus cases due to foreclosed home's abandoned swimming pools that turned into mosquito breeding grounds.

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VBlop TIL that the “White Lighters are bad luck” myth stems from several musicians dying unexpectedly with white lighters in their possession.
XWlE TIL in 2012 Drake had his security team threaten a tattoo artist in his shop, while Drake sat in the car outside.
OGkm7 TIL Patrick Duffy, star of Man From Atlantis, wrote a book about his title character nearly 40 years later..
BE7L TIL When Brahms was awarded an honorary doctorate in 1881, he strung together 4 popular student drinking songs into a symphony as a sarcastic thank you and premiered the song as the conductor at a special convocation.
gpgb TIL that a Naked Mole Rat can survive up-to 18 minutes without oxygen by dropping its heart rate and switching to fructose based anaerobic respiration. It’s also the only known cold-blooded mammal.