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TIL we now have the capability to wipe mosquitoes, and potentially the Zika virus, off the face of the Earth.

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Zj9Y TIL at a sound check before the address, Reagan made the following joke to the radio technicians: “My fellow Americans, I’m pleased to tell you today that I’ve signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.”
N7Z9E TIL That there is a giant shoe statue dedicated to the man that threw one at GWB at a conference in 2008
kO0OW TIL that western mathematicians did not accept negative numbers for over 18 centuries. They treated them as absurd solutions to equations.
8e7oG TIL the government of North Korea owns and operates a chain of over 100 "Pyongyang" restaurants around the world
Z8R6R TIL The Weber–Fechner law is a phenomenon that helps explain why it is difficult to notice a woman’s hair cut, why we typically don’t think twice about an extra $150 on a $20,000 car purchase, and why a $1 savings on a $2.99 box of cereal seems like a great deal compared to a $79.99 shirt.