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Today I learned Disney World in Orlando has a Mosquito Surveillance Program.

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PG8n TIL when John C Calhoun was discussing the secession of South Carolina, Andrew Jackson is alleged to have said “"John Calhoun, if you secede from my nation, I will secede your head from the rest of your body.”
695M7 TIL Will Smith was offered the role in The Matrix but turned down the role of Neo to make Wild Wild West, because of skepticism over the film's ambitious bullet time special effects. Nicolas Cage, Brad Pitt , Val Kilmer, Leonardo DiCaprio Johnny Depp also turned down the part.
GYmDg TIL in 1945 the Soviet Union invited top leaders of the Polish government in exile to Moscow under a promise of safe conduct to participate in talks on the post war government. Upon their arrival, they were instead arrested, tortured, and convicted in subsequent show trials as German collaborators
Lk5p9 TIL the original MR.CLEAN image/mascot used to be a real person in the late 1950's and early 1960's commercials. Dude looks like Agent 47
9YyN6 today i learned my balls stank