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TIL If mosquitoes were to become extinct, there would be little to no damage to the ecosystem.

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LQEJ0 TIL that The development of the first eyeglasses took place in northern Italy in the second half of the 13th century
LvBP TIL that after being ordered by court to pay $3.6M in fines, Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi (Pirate Bay Co-Founder) wrote them an ‘IOU’
W7BY4 TIL that the reason mental health professionals have a legal duty to breach confidentiality and warn potential victims or law enforcement if a patient poses a credible threat- is due to the Tarasoff case.
OokPe TIL the Nazi party had used the methods of the Turkish state as a standard to draw inspiration from. A Nazi publication of 1925 exalts the new Turkish state for its "cleansing" policy against the Greeks. Between 450,000–750,000 Greeks were killed during the 1923 genocide
4XlGw TIL that the Hudson Bay Area in Canada has less gravity than the rest of the world and scientists do not know why.