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TIL the United States had malaria until it was eradicated in 1951

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W7y74 TIL only 5% of residential homes in the UK are thought to have air conditioning and many buildings are designed in a way to keep heat in.
E17Do TIL that one of Terry Jones' characters in Monty Python's Life of Brian - the crowd member who demands that Pilate 'Welease Woger' - is named in the script after the actor Bob Hoskins
jN8a TIL there was once a shark with a circular saw for a mouth.
9JOM TIL the opening scene from The Exorcist was shot in the ancient ruins of Hatra in Iraq. These were the same ruins the terrorist group ISIL destroyed in february 2015
pYmnG TIL that former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Mike Tyson has a brand of cannabis gummies in the shape of an ear with a bite taken out of it.