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TIL that Bill Gates released a swarm of (not infectious) mosquitoes at a TED Talk to demonstrate that even if malaria doesn’t infect people directly, they should still care

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W7OB4 TIL that there is no hurricane that has ever crossed the equator
oBEBo TIL that, in 1986, Michael Moore was an editor for the progressive magazine Mother Jones. He was fired after only four months. The reasoning behind his firing is disputed, but he sued for $2 million, settled for $58,000, and used that money to fund his first movie.
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