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TIL mosquitoes are more attracted to people with O blood.

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bM5p TIL That owls fly silently due to specially designed edges of their primary feathers. When most birds fly, turbulence from air gushing over their wings creating noise. However, owls have their primary feathers serrated like a comb, which divides turbulence into tiny currents aka micro-turbulences.
PYle TIL that there are more tigers kept as pets in Texas than there are in the wild in India.
xVm7k TIL that Sunset Boulevard star Gloria Swanson was fascinated by inventions and patents and formed a company that helped four Jewish inventors flee Nazi Germany.
bZa TIL a roller-coaster called the “Euthanasia Coaster” was designed to kill its passengers
BgKQx TIL Birds Use Spikes Intended To Keep Them Away From Buildings As Protection For Their Own Nest Against Predators