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TIL that the saliva from vampire bats acts as a anticoagulant, and is now used as an effective mediation for stroke victims. It’s called Draculin after Dracula.

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b6lJZ TIL that abandoned buses from the U.S.A. are being used as public transportation in The Philippines by millions of people everyday.
ZoKa TIL Charlie Sheen once spent over $6,500 for 2,615 seats in left field of Anaheim Stadium, determined to catch a home run with 3 of his friends. No home runs were hit that day.
epZZJ TIL that the torpedoed rms lusitania sank in broad daylight within sight of the coast in just 18 minutes, killing 1197 people.
Oowog TIL the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre were represented in court by John Adams, who successfully defended most of them against charges of murder.
b9VE9 TIL people with orange hair are called "redheads" because in many languages the first colors to be named are black, white, and red. Thus the word "orange" didn't exist in the English language until the fruit arrived in England around 480 years ago. The orange hair gene has existed for 70,000 years.