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TIL one 5th of all mammal species are bats, and their ancestors appeared at the time of the dinosaurs

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DBRg TIL that the US has a greater percentage of its population locked up than any other country in the World, and it costs the US almost $600 Billion a year annually.
obQA TIL In Alabama, it is illegal to wear a fake mustache that causes laughter in church.
17PD TIL Bats give each other blowjobs.
NXAP1 TIL the boom in mathematics during the 17th and 18th centuries in the Western world is correlated with the development of artillery and the increasing need for military professionals, especially artillerists, to be skilled in mathematics
rReLe TIL "PNG" is always pronounced "ping" in English, not "pinj" or "pee en gee" or any other multi-syllabic disaster.