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TIL that opossums are great at reducing the tick population in a given area. Scientists estimate that a single opossum can kill about 5,000 ticks in a single season.

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d6J7 TIL Lorne Michaels considers Steven Segal the worst guest host ever on SNL.
6XgW TIL Adolf Hitler was one of the first recorded users of Anabolic Steroids. It was later used on Nazi troops to make them more sexually agressive, muscular and mean fighters.
7rEvX TIL: Seth MacFarlane is a Easy Listening/Swing singer and a pianist.
ANL0l TIL about the blood(like) rain that happened in Kerala India
6rBm TIL a drug exists that has been shown to prevent HIV infection at a 92% success rate for gay men and a 70% success rate for intravenous drug users, but less than 1% of at-risk people currently take the drug and only 1/3 of primary care doctors have even heard of it.