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TIL that many scientists have suggested that complete eradication of mosquitoes would not have serious ecological consequences

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xVPL7 TIL: Only 10 companies control almost every large food and beverage brand in the world.
x6oyw TIL it took around 3 billion years for the very first single-celled organisms to eventually evolve into basic animal life forms. For comparison, dinosaurs were around for about 165 million years, modern humans have been around for 300,000 years.
6enQ TIL the Wemale people have an origin myth about a girl who poops out valuable objects such as coral, knives and gongs.
eQgE TIL the highest ranking and rarest military decoration in ancient Rome was a crown made of grass. It was awarded to officers whose actions saved an entire legion, or an entire army, and was made up of only grass, wheat, and flowers.
7JJr TIL that an arm and a leg are worth $323,099 on average in the USA.