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TIL that a Mosquito bite strengthens the human immune system

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vRw8 TIL, despite what AC/DC and The Wile E. Coyote may lead you to believe, TNT and Dynamite are entirely different.
6997Q TIL that in the early eighties, interest rates on homes had skyrocketed to 18% due to dramatic inflation in the seventies. However, this dropped the price of houses to $82,500, around $280,000 when adjusted for inflation.
A8og TIL Before Chernobyl, the Soviets had another massive nuclear disaster which contaminated over 20,000 square km. The area was turned into a preserve to cover up the accident. The CIA knew of the accident, but also covered it up in order to protect the fledgling US nuclear industry from hysteria.
xkj0 TIL In 1945, Japanese radar operators detected a small number of incoming US planes (which carried the nuclear bombs to be dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki), but decided not to intercept them as the small number of planes were not seen as a threat.
xVxXw TIL that the reason why Olive Oil bottles are so dark is because it's protecting the oil from the light, Which if not dark will degrade the oil.