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TIL about Drapetomania, a "mental illness" made up in the 1850s to explain why slaves might want to escape

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Vp9m TIL that since many female insects mate just once in their lives, insect populations can be controlled by releasing swarms of sterile males into the wild; the females mate with them, never have babies, and die. The method has eradicated populations of dangerous insects in several regions.
pDwp TIL Ghostbusters: The Video Game (2009) has voice acting from all four of the original cast members (Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson), who helped write the script as well. Aykroyd considers it “essentially the third movie”
ZJk4 TIL There Is Are Multiple Types of Kryptonite, Such as Pink Kryptonite, which Turns Kryptonians Into Homosexuals.
W7Xgd TIL the organization of the periodic table of elements was created by Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev after having a dream where, in his dream, the elements arranged themselves by their atomic weights and electron properties.
rNw6e TIL about fribromelanosis, a rare genetic mutation of hyperpigmentation that all silkie chickens have. This mutation causes their skin, muscle, and bones to be black.