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YJDG TIL that in developing countries, the use of birth control has lowered maternal deaths by 43%, and if full demand were met it could be reduced by as much as 73%.
xVlEk TIL Mosquitoes prefer O-type blood, people with high body heat, pregnant women and heavy breathers. Many of these reasons are because mosquitoes can sense carbon dioxide (CO2) from up to 100 feet away. Which is a reason why they circulate around our heads where we exhale CO2.
N5pQ TIL serial killer Richard Ramirez once shot a woman in the face with a .22 caliber handgun outside of her home. She survived the attack because the bullet ricocheted off the keys she held in her hands as she lifted them to protect herself.
Gmeg TIL that Tilly Smith, 10 years old British schoolgirl, saved her family and 100 other tourists from the 2004 Asian tsunami, by recognizing signs of tsunamis she had learned in a geography lesson two weeks before.
WJ9A TIL: In the Dr. Seuss movie “The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T”, one of the 150 boys vomited on the piano while filming. This caused a chain reaction resulting in 150 vomiting boys. Dr. Seuss said that the film’s reviews were similar.