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TIL that Pizza Hut are ‘The Official Sponsor of Dominoes'

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Oo97L TIL Nearly 700 million people get a mosquito-borne illness each year. 19 diseases are transmitted by mosquitoes include Malaria, Dengue, West Nile virus, Keystone virus, Rift Valley fever, La Crosse encephalitis, Chikungunya, Zika fever, etc. Doctors can typically identify a mosquito bite by sight.
owbE TIL that in 1971, a chimpanzee community began to divide, and by 1974, it had split completely into two opposing communities. For the next 4 years this conflict led to the complete annihilation of one of the chimpanzee communities and became the first ever documented case of warfare in nonhumans
1857 TIL that during WWI, the Belgian King personally led the army, the Queen served as a nurse, and the 14 year old Prince enlisted as a private and fought in the ranks.
a8GV9 TIL about Alice de Janzé. She was a member of the infamous “Happy Valley Set” of white settlers in colonial Kenya. When one of her lovers tried to leave her, she shot him in the chest before shooting herself. They both survived and were married 5 years later.
KY8yB TIL During the '74 World Cup Final, Johan Cruyff, refused to wear the adidas kit due to his Puma sponsorship. They compromised and he wore a jersey with only two stripes. Years later Cruyff's own clothing brand released an orange shirt with 2 stripes and his number 14 - adidas then tried to sue him.