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TIL Mosquitoes are the WORLD'S DEADLIEST ANIMAL, not tigers or sharks

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nWjMW TIL that Hakone-en Aquarium in Kanagawa, southwest of Tokyo, tried to swap out the fish it feeds its penguins for a cheaper alternative, but the penguins essentially went on a hunger strike and refused to eat the bargain bin fish.
d8dA8 TIL in 1991, actor Charlie Sheen watched the 1985 film Flower of Flesh and Blood and became convinced he was watching actual homicides and contacted the FBI. The Bureau initiated an investigation but closed it after the producers showed how they did it with special effects.
mxERY TIL a week after the Manson murders, Charles Manson and 25 members of the Manson Family were raided and arrested for auto-theft. However, the group was released a few days later, uncharged, because the arresting officers misdated the warrant.
YpxEv TIL that in the 1920's newly hired engineers at General Electric would be told, as a joke, to develop a frosted lightbulb. The experienced engineers believed this to be impossible. In 1925, newly hired Marvin Pipkin got the assignment not realizing it was a joke and succeeded.
16WQD TIL Ice Age is any geologic period during which thick ice sheets cover vast areas of land.