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TIL Mosquito Hawks are neither mosquitoes nor hawks. They're also called "Skeeter-eaters" but don't eat mosquitoes.

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y8lX TIL Larry Lemieux, a Canadian sailor at the 1988 Olympics, was about to win a silver medal when he abandoned the race to save two other competitors who had capsized. He was given the Pierre de Coubertin Medal for sportsmanship.
9Rpr TIL in 1933, a University of Alabama professor voluntarily allowed a black widow spider to bite him as scientists recorded him suffering in agony for three days. Before this there were skeptics who believed black widows were not dangerous to humans.
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