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TIL that bats are the only mammals capable of true flight
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TIL that Ed Hardy was a tattoo artist, tutoring under the famous Sailor Jerry, before striking out on his own and eventually licensing his name to clothing apparel.
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TIL Yoga more dangerous than previously thought, and causes as many injuries as other sports; it can also exacerbate existing pain, with 21 per cent of existing injuries worsened.
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TIL that Missouri executive order 44, which required Mormons to be "exterminated or driven from the state", was only repealed in 1976
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TIL Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite put into space, transmitted on 20.005 and 40.002 MHz which were detectable by amateur radio operators. After orbiting for about 3 weeks it's batteries had died. 2 months later it burned up falling back into the atmosphere kick-starting the space race.
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TIL that the Pirahã language, spoken by the Pirahã people of Brazil's Amazonas region, can be whistled, hummed, or encoded in music. Consonants and vowels can be omitted altogether, and the meaning conveyed solely through variations in pitch, stress, and rhythm