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TIL White-nose syndrome is a disease that severely threatens the U.S. bat population and has killed more than 5.7 million bats

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XEnej TIL Before he became a children's entertainer, Blippi filmed himself pooping on people as part of his act.
E1V1P TIL that there’s a research station on Antarctica that can me moved as the ice shelf it’s on gets closer to the sea and it looks like something you’d see in a sci-fi movie.
9Kmr TIL White asparagus is the same as green asparagus except that it’s kept buried when growing so no photosynthesis occurs
GYdoG TIL of Vladimir Bukovsky, who spent a total of 12 years in psychiatric hospitals, labour camps, and prisons of the Soviet Union. During his time in prison he co-wrote a manual instructing victims of political psychiatry how to behave during interrogation to avoid being diagnosed as mentally ill.
jD0j TIL babies are (probably) genetically engineered to look more like their fathers than their mothers, so that fathers will be inclined to believe their paternity.