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TIL that mosquitoes (and many other bugs) have a much higher tolerance for alcohol than humans.

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ObWL TIL that in 120, Genghis Khan was shot in the neck during a battle, and asked the defeated army who had shot “his horse”, trying to downplay the injury. The archer voluntarily confessed to shooting Genghis Khan and refused to beg for mercy, so the Khan spared him, turning him into a great general.
YpAB7 TIL that ONLY Air Force planes are called Air Force One when carrying the president. "Marine One" and "Navy One" are used for presidential flights on aircraft by those branches, and there has been one "Executive One" flight on a civilian aircraft.
kBd7 TIL that Leopold II slaughtered as many people as Hitler did, yet remains historically obscure.
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