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TIL that a majority of ecologists are in favor of completely wiping out mosquitoes

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7r5A7 TIL Rick Moranis and Geddy Lee attended Elementary School together.
M7Mm7 TIL virtually all land in Hong Kong is leased from the government. The only freehold land that currently exists belongs to St. John's Cathedral, which it received in 1847
rDyy TIL about the Integral Fast Reactor, a nuclear reactor that is fully sealed and will not require refueling until the end of plant life. It is also meltdown-proof, and can reuse its fuel many times by reprocessing fuel using robotic arms sealed with the reactor. None exist today because of politics.
yd0e TIL that in 1979 there was an anthrax leak at a Soviet military facility that killed most of the workers in a factory downwind. The USSR denied having an active biological weapons program, but in 1992 a team of inspectors discovered how the accident had occurred.
jy0n TIL that sea otters lick and fluff their newborn for hours, causing their pup’s fur to retain enough air to act as a floatation device.