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TIL we could probably kill off all the mosquitoes with minimal permanent ecological damage.

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N784N TIL about Genna, a traditional Ethiopian sport similar to field hockey, played on a cow field without removing the cows. The goals are sometimes miles apart.
Dxp TIL the Russians armed a space station with a 30mm cannon, and test-fired it in space, for ‘self defence’
EN4p TIL 40% of patients subject to medical malpractice reported that if they had received an explanation and apology, they would not have felt the need to file suit
OopL TIL Queen Elizabeth II is descended from the Prophet Muhammad
kpWB TIL in 2012 the NYPD declared a couple to be “professional agitators” because they filmed videos of police conducting stop-and-frisks and uploaded them to YouTube. Cops posted their mugshots in a stationhouse and warned officers to be on guard against them.