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TIL April 17th is International Bat Appreciation Day

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gjlW TIL of the “Method of Loci”, a memory technique where a person creates an imaginary structure or town within their head, and uses objects within the buildings as representations of real life items and ideas.
neymP TIL: In 2013, a school shooter wore a "KILLER" shirt to sentencing, flipped off the victims families, and said he masturbates to their deaths (video)
JoYl TIL that “Texas” is slang for ‘crazy’ in Norway
xV4l5 TIL that Katsuya Eguchi, the creator for the game Animal Crossing, drew his inspiration for it from experiences of having to move from where he grew up to moving to Nintendo headquarters and wanted to "recreate the feeling of being alone in a new town, away from friends and family."
XEVZr TIL that the Mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana from 1932–1947 and from 1951 until his death in 1954 was Harry Baals