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TIL that a Mosquito bite strengthens the human immune system

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16QN4 TIL during a 2016 expedition to find the Loch Ness Monster, a 30-ft model of the Monster was discovered at the bottom of Loch Ness - a lost prop from the 1970 film 'The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes'.
R7b9l TIL Alaina Mathers, Eminem's adopted daughter, whom he calls "Lainey" in many of his songs, is actually the biological daughter of his ex-wife Kim's twin sister, who died in 2016 of an heroin overdose. Eminem received legal custody of her daughter in the early 2000's.
W7XbX TIL that on warning of a likely missile launch against the USA, the Pentagon and Strategic Command war rooms, have one minute to brief the president, who then has roughly only six minutes to decide whether and how to respond.
9dp6 TIL that in Bangalore, India, the government shames property tax defaulters by sending drummers to makes noise and wave banners outside of their properties until they pay their taxes.
yDja TIL In 2013 Scientists wired the brains of two rats together and showed that signals from one rat’s brain can help the second rat solve a problem it would otherwise have no clue how to solve.