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TIL 98% of women in Somalia have experienced forced gential mutilation

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XEdZ6 TIL That there is a distinct variety of mosquito that's evolved to live in the London Underground - unlike its above-ground counterpart, it doesn't hibernate and feeds mostly on human blood, rather than bird
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Ypwnv TIL The Lake at the Bellagio Las Vegas is serviced by a freshwater well that was drilled decades prior to irrigate a golf course on the site. The lake actually uses less water than irrigating the Golf Course did.
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