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TIL April 17th is International Bat Appreciation Day

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RykQ TIL One of the thirteen articles in the 1781 US Articles of Confederation states that if Canada wants to be admitted into the United States, it will automatically be accepted.
b9n94 TIL Alan Rickman and Alfonso Cuaron played a practical joke on Daniel Radcliffe while filming ‘The Prisoner of Azkaban’ where they placed a fart machine in his sleeping bag, positioned himself next to a girl he fancied, and set the farts off during a take that had taken ages to get.
9PRD TIL there exists a practice called Flashblooding, where drug addicts inject themselves with other addicts blood to attempt to keep a high going.
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