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TIL that singer Cat Stevens converted to Islam in 1977, after his brother, a convert to Judaism, brought him a copy of the Qur'an as a gift from a trip to Jerusalem.

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AD09w TIL Not all bats live in caves. These thumb-sized Honduran White Bats sleep in leaves in the rainforest. They are polygamous. Each leaf-tent houses a single male and his harem of up to six females.
GYjxj TIL male Pennsylvania grass spiders are more likely to approach a female for sex if she has recently killed and eaten another male.
6lem TIL after President Garfield was shot during an assassination attempt in 1881, he was kept alive for several days through rectal feeding, and was even given drams of whisky via his butt. The Dr who treated him was named Dr Doctor.
G4EE TIL of the Barkley Marathons, a race so intense and difficult that only 14 people have finished it since its inception in 1986.
yMn8 TIL when transport unions strike in Australia it often takes the form of a free travel day for the public instead of shutting down the transport system