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TIL: Bats make up 1/4 of the world's entire mammal population.

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neR1d TIL Suleyman the Magnificent had an helmet made to resemble the papal tiara, but with an extra, fourth crown to show he was more powerful than the Pope himself
ADwdg Today I learned that 15th April is celebrated as "World Art Day" as it is the birthday of the famous sculptor, inventor and painter, Leonardo Da Vinci.
ljmG TIL in 1909 a 15 year-old boy was accidentally stabbed to death in the insurance office where he worked, trying to evade the birthday kisses of all the office women.
wLZx8 TIL that George Wallace, the governor who tried to stop two black students from attending the University of Alabama, became a born-again Christian in the late 70s, rebuked his support for segregation, and when reelected in the 80s, made a record number of black appointees to state positions.
4kdRJ TIL a Dutch minesweeper disguised itself as an Island in WW2 and successfully snuck past the Japanese Imperial Navy in the Java Sea