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TIL Americans pronounce the word “interesting” with four syllables, unlike the three in my country

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yVL8X TIL Mosquitoes are the most dangerous animal in the world, killing 725,000 humans per year through spreading diseases such as malaria. Only female mosquitos bite, making them the most dangerous.
4jRg TIL that Ashton Kutcher is the co-founder of Thorn; an international anti-human trafficking organization that works to address the sexual exploitation of children using software technology.
XEEjr TIL the main singer/songwriter from Eels is the son of the physicist who originated the "Many Worlds" interpretation of quantum theory
pBZZ TIL that when Buzz Aldrin, a freemason, landed on the moon, he brought a charter establishing a masonic lodge on the moon under jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Texas
VLVQ TIL 1948 winter Olympic Game’s athletes lacked the resources to compete post WWII, to the point where the Norwegian team had to borrow skis from the American team