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

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wOa7 TIL Switzerland is rigged with over 3000 demolition points to collapse bridges and create bomb shelters in event of an attack
yMwe TIL that after Congressman John Rankin refused to sit next to Adam Clayton Powell Jr. because of the colour of his skin, Powell found every opportunity possible to sit close to the Mississippi Congressman. On one occasion Powell followed him from seat to seat until Rankin had moved five times.
XEdV8 TIL that every year Romans would crucify dogs while geese sat upon purple and gold pillows and watched. This was because when the Gauls attacked Rome in 390 BCE the geese raised an alarm while the guard dogs were silent.
RXBa TIL 20,000 year-old fossilized human footprints were discovered in Australia which indicate the man who made them was running at the speed of a modern Olympic sprinter, barefoot, in sand.
lQJA TIL that 19% of high school graduates in the US can’t read above a basic level.