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TIL nearly ¼ of all mammal species are bats.

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woJmM TIL since 2022 people in South Lake Tahoe, California reported that a single, male bear was the cause of 28 home break-ins. They referred to him as Hank the Tank. But it turned out they had conflated the actions of 3 adult bears including a female (with 3 cubs) who accounted for 21 of the break-ins.
R5vb7 TIL that in 1961, Michael Rockefeller, son of New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, disappeared in New Guinea while collecting artifacts. It's believed he was killed and eaten by local tribesmen.
4kgwa TIL Alan Menken, the composer who relaunched Disney's fortunes with hit songs, once dreamt of being a singer-songwriter in the Bob Dylan mode and hated that his soundtracks were associated with cartoons for children. His works with Disney later made him win more Oscars than any living person.
5V9w8 TIL how someone dies of cancer
pMYQ TIL In order for NASA to have constant communication with the Skylab space station in the 70’s, 8 specially outfitted planes with satellites flew around around the Earth. Each plane would take turns transmitting data until it was out of reach.