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TIL, when mosquitos are sucking your blood, their fluid levels need to be regulated. They do this by peeing on you...

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R77nw TIL that in the archetypal Vampire novel, Dracula, vampires are not destroyed by sunlight.
gMgdD TIL that an 81 year old man called Giles Corey, accused of being a wizard in 1692, was the only man in American history to be subjected to death by pressing in an attempt to get him to submit to trial by jury. It is said that his response to the torture was to tell them to add 'more weight.'
004R TIL Fats Waller was kidnapped to be the surprise guest at Al Capone’s birthday party at gunpoint. He left 3 days later intoxicated with thousands of dollars in tips.
gMoj8 TIL Brian Eno wrote the Windows 95 start up sound on a mac
Brv6k TIL Ancient Veggies Were Small, Unpalatable. Ancient tomatoes were the size of berries; potatoes were no bigger than peanuts. Corn was a wild grass, its tooth-cracking kernels borne in clusters as small as pencil erasers