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TIL mosquitoes and the diseases they spread have killed more people than all wars in human history.

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A1Rn TIL In the 1913 Tour de France, Eugène Christophe’s front fork on his bike broke. He carried it 10 km to the nearest blacksmith, where he used the forge to weld it back together. He was penalized 3 minutes because he had a local kid pump the bellows for him.
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