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TIL that Iceland is essentially free of mosquitoes

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xVdMD TIL Tom Lehrer's famous song "Poisoning Pigeons In The Park" was inspired by the City of Boston doing exactly that. The city spread strychnine-laced corn in its public parks to reduce the pigeon population
kOwBd TIL One of the reasons tipping spread in the U.S. was because restaurant owners refused to pay black Americans after the 15th amendment.
kylm TIL Gay men are thinner than the national average while gay women are heavier than the national average.
RnAa TIL, that ancient sloths were as big as rhinos. They were only exceeded in size by mammoths in other land mammals. There eventual extinction was due to human hunters.
R7Zl TIL A 17 yr. old woman fell 3 km into the Amazon rainforest when her plane disintegrated. She survived & walked 10 days before being rescued. All 91 of her co-passengers perished.