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TIL one of every five mammals living on the planet is a bat.

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J18rl Today I learned about Hyperthymesia, and that the actress Marilyn Henner from Taxi, is one of only 62 people in the world diagnosed with the rare condition. These people can remember virtually every detail of every day of their life starting from around the age of 10/11.
nnWG TIL An African slave named Onesimus taught colonists in Boston how to inoculate themselves against smallpox; the treatment had been common in China and Africa for centuries!
kOvg4 TIL that a skull-shaped asteroid is passing by earth after Halloween. The last time it came close to earth was Halloween 2015, within 300,000 miles.
XE0M8 A single Boeing 777 engine delivers twice the horsepower of all the Titanic's
bEea TIL the oldest person ever was a French woman who died in 1997 at 122 years old. One of her early memories includes selling colored pencils to Vincent Van Gogh