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TIL that bats in the US eat so many insects that they save farmers an estimated $22.9 billion every year on pesticides.

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mxW4o TIL that a group of hungry wild boars in Tuscany ate $22,000 of Cocaine to foil drug dealers
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m1Rwv TIL The Beatles (then the Quarrymen) paid 17s 6d (87.5p or £25.82 in 2023) for their first recording session in 1958.
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