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TIL Mosquitoes normally eat plant nectar and only need blood to lay eggs

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NXPoP TIL: The people of Borneo have many beliefs concerning Orangutans. Some believe they are smart enough to speak, but choose not to. The Dayak creation myth say that they are God's first attempt at creating humans, while other tribes believe they reincarnate as orangutans.
R5gy6 TIL that the first Supreme Court confirmation hearing was held in 1916 - because President Woodrow Wilson nominated a Jew for the seat
R58Ww TIL Eleanor Roosevelt's maiden name was Roosevelt. Her husband, Franklin, was her fifth cousin once removed
yVOve TIL: While the blue macaws that were featured in the movie Rio were declared extinct in the wild in 2018, 8 Spix's blue macaws that had been raised in captivity were released in Brazil in June of 2022. They seem to be doing well and more releases are planned for December 2022.
ldva TIL that during the American Revolutionary War, Molly Pitcher was so engaged with the cause, that while she was bringing water to her husband at the front, he got killed, she replaced him at the cannons and almost died by an enemy cannonball.