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TIL Florence and the Machine was originally known as Florence Robot/Isa Machine, where Florence Robot was founding member Florence Welch, and Isa Machine was founding member Isabella Summers. Summers serves as the bands keyboardist, as well as songwriter and producer.

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e0EKn TIL of 3,500 mosquito species a few hundred bite humans. The larvae are food for other larvae and for beneficial insects, put nutrients into many ecosystems, are food for fish, help break down debris in waterways, and pollinate plants. But scientists think ecosystems will adjust if we eliminate them
bVy7 TIL In Norway there is a fortress called Akershus. It is believed that whoever controls Akershus also rules over Norway. However the fortress has survived every siege in the last 700 years.
kJ7O1 TIL the first lethal use of a robot occurred in Dallas, Texas in 2016, following gunman Michael Johnson firing on a crowd and killing 5 police officers. After negotiations failed, police attached an explosive device to a bomb disposal robot, maneuvered it close to the suspect, and detonated it.
y4ep TIL in 1990, Mr. Rogers sued the KKK for impersonating his voice in prerecorded messages. These messages said “AIDS was divine retribution” and included radio skits simulating lynchings of black children on a playground. The tapes were circulated among elementary and middle school children.
QJ5bX TIL that the working title for "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey" was "Bill & Ted go to Hell".