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TIL mosquitoes survive collisions with rain drops by clinging to the droplet and riding it for a while.

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lRDa TIL the NFL owns the licensing rights to every team except the Cowboys. In 1995 Cowboy’s owner Jerry Jones started to make his own deals, NFL sued him for 300 million, to make the league back down, Jerry counter sued them for 750 million.
5VJZB TIL that the majority of men in Germany sit down to urinate
6Ea4Q TiL Coca-Cola acquired the production company set to make Stand By Me, but discarded the film as having no commercial value. Rob Reiner managed to convince Norman Lear to donate $8M of his own money to make the academy nominated film.
9YQdD The research argues that gravitational waves give off echoes which, if confirmed, would prove that black holes don't exist and are, in fact, wormholes.
OlwX TIL that in 1970s, people in Cambodia were killed for being academics or for merely wearing eyeglasses.