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1abE7 TIL mosquitos may have killed HALF the people who EVER lived, which would make them our deadliest predator by far
vl7r TIL Vin Diesel broke into a Theater in New York with his brother when he was 7 with the intent of vandalizing it. When they were caught, instead of calling the police, the theater’s artistic director offered them roles in an upcoming show, thus starting Diesel’s acting career.
Raj TIL Starship Troopers is the only science fiction novel recommended by three of the five branches of the US military.
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MLlB TIL a Florida woman accidentally burned down a 3500 year old cypress tree, the 5th oldest in the country, because she was smoking meth under it and lit a fire so that she could see her meth better.