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TIL Disney employs the use of sentinel chickens to determine if the mosquito population in the area is carrying any diseases

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WmpX TIL taking a daily multivitamin is a highly contentious topic with studies proving it a useless, potentially harmful, waste of time/money and other studies proving it a beneficial way to insert minerals which would otherwise be non-existent in the average diet.
N7Km1 TIL Clint Eastwood's agent told him not to appear in, "Fistful of Dollars", calling it a 'bad step' for his career. The film launched Eastwood's path to stardom, and he later named his production company, 'Malpaso', spanish for 'bad step.'
yVnNM TIL Ken Norton broke Muhammad Ali’s jaw in their first fight. However it is disputed which round this was in, with Ali’s camp claiming it was round one and Norton’s saying it was round 11.
Wknwd TIL that in 2013, Metallica performed a concert in Antarctica to a group of 120 scientists and contest winners; thereby becoming the first and to-date only band to have performed on all seven continents.
jEXM TIL that the ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot