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TIL the rarest blood type on Earth is RHnull with only 43 people reported on Earth with that blood type.

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P1W9g TIL that part of Batman's iconic look is partly inspired by the villain from the film The Bat Whispers (1930) According to Bob Kane on of the creators of Batman
dDAEB TIL that at its peak, GEOS (Commodore 64 productivity software resembling Windows/Office and MacOS) was the third-most-popular microcomputer operating system in the world in terms of units shipped, trailing only MS-DOS and Mac OS
G907 TIL that fish oil can boost your metabolism by about 400 calories per day
1axB4 TIL male bats have spiked penises, likely to produce a velco-like effect while mating in flight.
E1n0w TIL the tail feathers of Birds of Paradise are so black that they absorb 99.95% of all light, just .01% less than the blackest human-made nanomaterial, and help make brightly-colored patches stand out more during mating dances