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TIL that not all bat houses are abandoned. These in Gainesville, Florida house 300,000 bats that eat 2.5 BILLION insects per night.

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p8Vpe TIL that at the center of a pearl is a parasite. Making pearls is an immune response.
VPjD TIL of the “Romanian Treasure”: In 1916 Romania decided to send its vast collection of valuable objects and gold reserves to Russia for safekeeping. Currently Russia still holds the vast majority of it, valued at over $1.5 Billion USD
VL1Z TIL SETI is the only organization in the world that publicly has a protocol set in place in the event a signal is received from extraterrestrial life.