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TIL DisneyWorld has a Mosquito Surveillance Program designed to track mosquitos using carbon dioxide traps. They also employ chickens and test their blood for mosquito born illness and eradicate them. TIL you won't get bit by mosquitos at Disney World, even though its in the middle of a swamp

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rRRr4 TIL that the actress who plays Charlie's mom on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia was also Miss Yvonne on Pee-Wee's Playhouse
Zpd94 TIL about the Ka'u desert, a desert in the big island of Hawaii, that was created by the acid rains of the eruptions of the mount Kilauea. Is the only insular desert of the USA
e86k TIL that the US requires all cars made after 2018 to have a backup camera installed.
8lVZ TIL for every elephant born in captivity two elephants die.
BjJK TIL of Cymothoa exigua, a parasite that consumes the tongue of a fish, attaches itself to the blood supply, and becomes a newly functioning tongue, gorging itself until the host slowly dies of starvation. It’s one of few known parasites that consume and replace a host’s organs.