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TIL The legend of vampires who bite their victims and suck their blood may have developed from men infected with rabies in the 1700s.

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Bmdy TIL Long-distance swimming is unique among the world’s various athletic competitions. It is one of very few endurance sports where there are women’s records that beat men’s records under equal conditions, especially as the distances increases.
vPR54 TIL that Indigo Buntings migrate at night using the stars to navigate.
epdLD TIL a Mississippi driver's license does not require a driving test just a written exam.
OGDee TIL that the European Commission produced a comic in 1998 called "The raspberry ice cream war" intended to educate children on the benefits of the EU. British authorities decided to pulp 75000 copies, deciding the comic was "inappropriate" and "factually inaccurate"
exR4 TIL the iconic ‘Blue marble’ photograph of the earth was originally oriented with the south pole at the top. However, the image was turned upside-down to fit the traditional view of the world as popularized by the mercator projection.