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TIL snails kill over 10,000 people a year. More than sharks, hippos, wolves, lions, and crocs combined

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5YZVn TIL about the origin story of mosquitoes from the Tlingit tribe of Alaska. A young man got revenge on a cannibal which had killed his two older brothers while they were out hunting. After he burned the cannibal's body into ashes, he blew on the ashes and they flew off, turning into mosquitoes.
GYwO1 TIL we say “pair” of pants because pants were originally made from two pieces. You would put in one leg and tie the piece around your waist, and then put on the other piece.
BggvD TIL that the most requested funeral song in England is by Monty Python.
DBPp TIL the largest bird nest belonged to a pair of bald eagles, it measured in at 9 feet wide and 20 feet deep. It was estimated to weigh 4400 lbs.
awn6A TIL that there’s a monsoon flood in southeast Asia that’s 10x worse than Harvey, during the same period.