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d80LB TIL To treat a malaria outbreak in Borneo, the WHO used DDT to kill mosquitoes. DDT killed wasps which were eating thatch-eating caterpillars who were eaten by geckoes & eaten by cats, who died, which led to rats, plague, & typhus. WHO had to parachute 145,000 cats into the area to kill the rats.
BMwb TIL that Self-marriage is legally recognized in Africa and there is also a religious ceremony for it
Y8DP TIL: one of the top things people regret when they are dying is that they worked too hard.
BWNy TIL the North American Wood Frog is able to survive freezing due to the production of a natural antifreeze in its cells.
9YrmQ TIL A 14-year-old visited a Chinese hospital with stomach pains after experiencing constipation for five days. Doctors believe that she drank so much bubble tea that about a hundred tapioca pearls built up in her body, causing a blockage