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TIL: Beer Consumption Increases Human Attractiveness to Malaria Mosquitoes

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LQeWZ TIL Rocky's first name is Robert. (As in the Rocky films) Never heard him called that EVER but apparently he was referenced as "Robert" in Rocky V.
BgRVD TIL in the United States, obesity rates decline the higher above sea level an area is.
Ky6Q TIL farmers in Kenya are using elephants’ natural fears of bees and building “beehive fences” that keep wild elephants from trampling the crops. It keeps the farms safe, and prevents farmers having to kill elephants to defend their livelihood!
BrbOr TIL that 1 in 3 middle aged men are affected by baldness on their lower legs. This pattern of hair loss is extremely common yet hardly studied. Leg crossing, trouser rubbing and friction have all been suggested as causes, but no study has demonstrated what the actual cause is.
NDMQ TIL that in 2010, a woman named Lori Ruff committed suicide. Her husband’s family found a box among her possessions that contained name change documents and the birth certificate of a long-dead two-year-old girl. However, the true identity of Lori Ruff has now been discovered!