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

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G96N TIL in 1941, movie starlet Hedy Lamarr invented and patented an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping, necessary for wireless communication. This is the basis of WiFi, CDMA, Bluetooth and other modern communication technologies.
Lk8Jv TIL that over the last decade, there have been at least 15 cases of athletes who have died from over-hydration during sporting events. Too much fluid consumption can cause serious health issues by diluting the sodium in the blood, which creates a swelling of the brain and lungs
VBWWB TIL in the book 'Stuart Little', Stuart was born from his human mother as a mouse, rather than adopted, as the movie adaptation depicted.
7KYO TIL that Tom Delonge quit Blink-182 not because of artistic differences, but because he wanted to research the existence of aliens
1aLZO TIL recent research argues that fear of spiders has cultural rather biological origins, is predominantly found in Western societies, and comes from an association between spiders and illness that started in the 10th century when the spider was blamed for the devastating epidemics that struck Europe.