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TIL that a European fungus, accidentally spread to North America in 2006, has caused Bat populations across the US and Canada to plummet by over 90%. Formerly very common bat species now face extinction, having already almost entirely disappeared over the Northeastern US and Eastern Canada

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oX1W TIL of Russia’s 2,000 female snipers in WWII including Lyudmila Pavlichenko who had 309 confirmed kills, 36 of which were enemy snipers
xVO4D TIL that Zoom is worth more than the 5 largest airlines currently. The market capitalisation of zoom has skyrocketed to $48.8 billion dollars and has reported a revenue of about $623 million dollars.
kGld TIL: On June 8, 1921, Babe Ruth was jailed until 4 p.m. for speeding – an hour after the Yankees game began. He had his jersey delivered to the jail, changed in his cell, then was police escorted to the game. He pinch-hit walked in a 4-3 win over Cleveland and became the Homerun champ 2 days later.
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