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TIL The whoopee cushion is older than Christianity

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RJjw TIL bats make up 25% of all mammal species
1ankX TIL that owls have a reputation of being wise due to their large eyes, but are not smart enough to be trained - unlike parrots, hawks, and pigeons. They still have a complex brain, but it spends much of its time processing information from its optic nerves.
p8JNp TIL Stradivarius, of violin fame, also made guitars. While there are hundreds of Stradivarius violins, there's only one remaining playable Stradivarius guitar left in the world.
9wLXm TIL West Caribbean Flight 708, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 crashed in Machiques, Venezuela after entering a Deep stall, a occurrence in some aircraft that causes them to enter a near-unrecoverable stall, killing all 160 on board.
0wLpp TIL about "Aguante Megadeth" The global phenomenon of Megadeth crowds chanting along with the guitar riff from "Symphony of Destruction". It started in Argentina, heavily influenced by its soccer song singing culture in stadiums, and quickly spread worldwide.