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7rn57 TIL: The extinction of mosquitoes would have little effect on the planet's ecosystem and would improve the health quality of developing countries.
PYWaw TIL that the loudest word shouted is 'quiet' by a teacher trying to make her pupils stop talking. It reached 121 dB which is barley louder than thunder clapping.
eNA5 TIL a US company makes simulated chicken eggs from vegetable products. Their R&D team has identified 11 plants that have the functional capabilities to replace eggs, and have used this technology to create mayo, cookies, and cookie dough
8M1X TIL that in 1990, New Zealand became the first country in the modern world to appoint an Official Wizard
e0NyL TIL that in the most widely circulated botany book of the 17th century Barnacle Geese were considered to be a vegetable