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TIL April 17th is International Bat Appreciation Day

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aggZ TIL The Leaning Tower of Pisa is inclined by only 4 degrees.
xpO1 TIL John F. Kennedy’s last words were, “No, you certainly can’t” in response to the Governor of Texas’s wife, Nellie Connally saying, “you certainly can’t say that the people of Dallas haven’t given you a nice welcome.” Moments later he was assassinated.
VW98 TIL when police raided a dog fighting ring in South Carolina, 8 suspects attempted to flee the scene. One of the suspects was taken into custody after one of the dogs chased him and “took him down”. The dog then escaped.
kOr5m TIL that because we can't say for certain whether or not lobsters feel pain, it is now considered an act of animal cruelty to boil lobsters alive in Switzerland
Yjr TIL some Asian babies are born with a Mongolian Blue Spot, a blue birth mark on the lower back and bum that usually disappears after 3 to 5 years.