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TIL they dropped millions of purpose-bred sterile flies from planes every week in Panama from the 1960s until 2022 to keep a flesh eating parasite from getting into the U.S. cattle supply.

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1dy4 TIL Passengers on the Mayflower were allotted a gallon of beer each per day. Given that beer at the time was 5-6% alcohol, one could presume the Pilgrims were inebriated more often than not.
woXl6 TIL Ciabatta was actually invented in 1982
KOOeE For a while, yes, but you will eventually run into nutritional deficiencies.
16v1X TIL that Jake from the TV sitcom Becker (the funny blind guy) is also a singer in the ska band Hepcat- Alex Désert
KYgV9 TIL a full-grown person can eat 70 to 80 hot dogs in a 10-minute space before their body starts to shut down