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TIL that not all mosquitoes bite people to suck your blood.

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R7XVa TIL that in January 2005, the US Navy’s submarine, USS San Francisco, traveling at full speed under 525 feet of water hit an uncharted undersea mount, resulting in one death and many injuries.
D1DNr TIL that half the world watches live broadcasts of the Olympics
Z8Xmv TIL about Herbert Kleber, who pushed for evidence-based addiction treatment, not punishment and moralisms. This approach treated addiction as a medical condition instead of a failure of moral character, and helped prevent relapses, saving countless lives and transforming substance abuse treatment.
ne0Kb TIL about Dixie Square Mall, a mall that opened in 1966, but multiple incidents and crime increasing forced it to close down in 1978, and was left abandoned until 2012, when it was finally demolished.
pkQ4 TIL that when he was in hiding, Salman Rushdie immersed himself in Super Mario World, and joked that the best way to liberate Iran was to drop Nintendo consoles from the sky