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TIL that The World's Smallest Inhabited Island Is About the Size of a Tennis Court

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QJeve TIL that Smarter women are less likely to have kids, maternal urges drop by 25% with every extra 15 IQ points.
Z8KGD TIL that Bill Gates released a swarm of (not infectious) mosquitoes at a TED Talk to demonstrate that even if malaria doesn’t infect people directly, they should still care
p8GjA TIL that American garbage truck drivers have an average annual salary of $40,000, greater than the nationwide average of $30,000 among all high school graduates
b6Wg4 TIL Melissa McCarthy based her “Bridesmaids” character on The Food Network’s Guy Fieri. She even tried to convince the producers to let her wear short, white, spiky hair- but they denied that request, determining that as a bridge too far for the similarities.
OoWRX TIL that Aaron Sorkin once sent himself to the ER while acting out a scene he'd written | While writing a Newsroom episode, he was acting out a scene where a character lunges at someone, and he smashed into his bathroom mirror, breaking his nose and making a huge bloody mess.