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Til that one out of every 5 mammal species is a bat.

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QJ0jX TIL that a shogun of Japan named Tsunayoshi Tokugawa loved dogs so much that he set laws for dogs in place such as making it a capital crime for harming a dog and saved over 50,000 dogs from the streets, placing them in kennels begrudgingly funded by citizens of the capital city of Edo.
6m5Q TIL the Portuguese Man-of-War is not a single creature, but a colony of four smaller organisms that attach to each other and cannot survive independently
kOd14 TIL when being eaten or harmed, grass will release a chemical distress signal. This attracts parasitic wasps to lay eggs in the insect eating the grass. This chemical is actually what makes up the 'freshly cut grass smell' (Updated post, I messed up the last one)
69NEX TIL newborn babies shouldn’t drink plain water because it can lead to brain swelling and even death.
neA4d TIL locusts can exist in two states. Solitary and gregarious. In low populations, locusts behave as individuals. But in high populations they undergo polyphenism where they experience physiological and behavioral changes. Even their color can change when they form a swarm