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TIL Some mosquito species (atleast tested in this research) are more attracted towards people who ate Bananas

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epPXE TIL attendance at Detroit Tigers’ home games in 1976—excluding the home opener—was 33,649 in the 18 games started by Mark Fidrych and just 15,147 in games started by other pitchers, amounting to a 122.2 percent increase in attendance to watch the charismatic right-hander.
awo9y TIL that in the Vietnam War the average number of rounds expended from an M-16 rifle to kill one enemy soldier was 50,000, or $23,000 per kill. In comparison it took a sniper an average of 1.3 rounds, or $0.17 to kill an enemy soldier.
9YK0r TIL that George Lucas setup the George Lucas Educational Foundation for donating majority of his wealth towards improving education.
E1xmP TIL most Koreans don't produce body odor due to large scale dominance of the gene ABCC11. As a consequence, deodorant is a rare commodity.
epDbL TIL that giving a newborn baby water can make the baby sick