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TIL April 17th is International Bat Appreciation Day

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LxG9 TIL there is a Captain Underpants movie to be released in 2017 starring Kevin Hart, Ed Helms and Jordan Peele.
BDlr TIL that dextromethorphan (aka Robitussin) is a dissociative drug, and works by acting on the brain to raise the threshold at which it thinks it needs to cough.
PYVJn TIL that Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev is a Grammy Award winner
7rJEp TIL there is a volcano in Indonesia that spews red lava during the day, but glows neon blue at night
1aJ5V TIL in the final stages of hypothermia, humans exhibit two strange behaviors; paradoxical undressing, in which a person will remove all their clothes despite being dangerously close to death, and a completely autonomous, instinctual burrowing behavior.