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TIL there’s a PS2 video game where you play as a mosquito and your job is to suck blood from a family.

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6E67J TIL Jules Verne's wrote a novel in 1863 which predicted gas-powered cars, fax machines, wind power, missiles, electric street lighting, maglev trains, the record industry, the internet, and feminism. It was lost for over 100 years after his publisher deemed it too unbelievable to publish.
WkWRX TIL That even though William Shakespeare wrote over 400 years ago, we continue to use words and phrases found in his sonnets and plays today. Phrases such as... “Cruel to be kind”, “be all and end all”, “world is my oyster”, “break the ice” and many more...
x6Je7 TIL that in parts of the UK, a rule from 1902 mandates that homes facing each other at the rear must be built 21 meters apart. This specific distance was determined by two urban designers who measured how far apart they could see each other's nipples through their shirts.
jKKX TIL Brenda Lee was just 13 when she recorded “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”
wLvaJ TIL Bread makes ducks sick, prevents them from learning to forage, and can even deform their wings so they can’t fly.