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WkvDX TIL this species of desert tadpole shrimp, Triops newberryi, is found in the western US. It only hatches during periods of seasonal flooding and can live to 90 days. This shrimp's eggs are known to stay viable for at least 50 years. It is being considered as a biocontrol agent for larval mosquitoes.
D1LAP TIL There was an Anti-Mask League, an organization formed to protest the requirement for people in San Francisco to wear masks during the 1918 influenza pandemic.
kGyE TIL Jimmy Carter was the only President to have ever lived in public housing. His father died shortly after Carter had led a team disassembling a Canadian nuclear reactor, so he went home to run the family farm. A drought killed his first crop and drove him into debt…but eventually he made it.
aAoA TIL that the voice actor who played JARVIS in the Iron Man series and The Avengers has never actually seen the films.
WkyNo TIL: John Spinello, the inventor of the game 'Operation' sold it for $500 USD in 1964 to a toy inventor. It has since made more than $40 million in sales for the Milton Bradley Company. In 2014, he had to crowdfund to afford a $25,000 operation to fix his teeth.