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When mosquito bites, it pierces your skin and draws blood with the tip of its straw-like mouth, or proboscis.

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1aGb8 TIL schizophrenia has been linked to maternal exposure to influenza
E1djV TIL Goya's most well known painting, Saturn Devouring his Son, was not described or named at all to the public by the artist himself. The name was given later on due to it resembling the mythological event. For all we know, it could not be Saturn at all, but just someone eating another person.
m1aJy TIL in 1940, when Paramount asked Fleischer Studios to created a Superman cartoon, Fleischer thought it would be too hard to make. In an attempt to avoid making the cartoon, they quoted four times the cost of an average cartoon for the budget ($100k). To their shock, Paramount agreed to the budget.
dDEBE TIL according to National Parks Authority data, Grand Canyon National Park had the most search and rescue (SAR) incidents between 2018-2020 with 785. And Mount Rainier National Park has the most open SAR incidents with 101, followed by Blue Ridge Parkway's 28.
Rypj TIL that after 9/11, The Queen broke ancient protocol and ordered the Royal Guards to play the national anthem of the USA, Star Spangled Banner, in memory of the victims and in support of the Americans trapped in the UK due to airport closures.